MICHAEL J. HIGHTOWER

HISTORIAN AND BIOGRAPHER

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Book cover of George's Record: The Life Experiences of George J. Records — Businessman, Philanthropist, Conservationist by Michael J. Hightower, featuring a black-and-white portrait of a well-dressed man in a suit seated in an office Book cover of Justice for All: Dick T. Morgan, Frontier Lawyer & Common Man's Congressman by Michael J. Hightower, featuring a sepia historical photo of men standing in front of the Dick T. Morgan Law Office Book cover of Brother Bankers: Frank P. and Hugh M. Johnson, Founders of the First National Bank & Trust Company of Oklahoma City by Michael J. Hightower, featuring black-and-white portrait photographs of two men overlaid on a tall city skyscraper Book cover of “At War with Corruption: A Biography of Bill Price, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma” by Michael J. Hightower, featuring a black-and-white photo of a man raising his hand against a bold red background Book cover of “1889: The Boomer Movement, the Land Run, and Early Oklahoma City” by Michael J. Hightower, featuring a bronze sculpture of a horse-drawn covered wagon Book cover of “Banking in Oklahoma 1907–2000” by Michael J. Hightower, featuring a blue-tinted historical photograph of a grand downtown bank building surrounded by early 20th-century street activity Book cover of “Banking in Oklahoma Before Statehood” by Michael J. Hightower, featuring a sepia historical photograph of people gathered outside a frontier-era wooden Commercial Bank building Book cover of “Loyal to Oklahoma: The BancFirst Story” by Michael J. Hightower, featuring a road map of Oklahoma dotted with blue location pins marking BancFirst branch locations Book cover of Frontier Families: The Records & Johnstons in American History by Michael J. Hightower, featuring a 19th-century engraving of a log cabin homestead with a frontier family outside Book cover of The Pattersons: A Novel by Michael J. Hightower, featuring an aerial photograph of rolling green Oklahoma plains with scattered trees Book cover of Inventing Tradition: Cowboy Sports in a Postmodern Age by Michael J. Hightower, featuring a photograph of cowboys on horseback herding cattle in a dusty arena