Journey's Reward

by Doug Perkins

Overview

Journey's Reward traces the pursuit of knowledge by two twentieth century entrepreneurs-polymath Robert Runyon and aviator P.A. Newman-in the Texas-Mexico borderlands . With forty historic photographs, many by Runyon, the book follows six decades of their science and technology milestones in aviation, photography, botany, and entrepreneurship.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781733980104
Publisher:	La Rama Press
Publication date:	09/03/2019
Pages:	246
Sales rank:	1,028,639
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Since 2005, Doug Perkins has helped multiple startup companies move toward commercial launch of their science and technology innovations. Prior to establishing his commercialization company, Perkins worked three decades as a magazine journalist who specialized in agricultural business articles. For several years, he also marketed Texas agricultural products in the Americas, Europe and Asia through both direct sales promotions as well as public relations and communication activities.

Table of Contents

Prologue

1 Genius and Genes

2 The Nurse and The Birth

3 Sudden Tragic Losses

4 Death Comes on the Night Train

5 The Unwritten Law

6 Conquest of the Upper Regions

7 An Aeroplane of Practical Value

8 An Honest, Moral Man

9 Mr. P. A. Newman, Texas

10 Home of a Successful Aeroplane

11 Success, Innovation and Freedom

12 Brownsville Boom Timber

13 Será Bien Recibido

14 Mortal Duel, Bloody Battle

15 Los Compañeros de Viaje

16 The Revolution in Monterrey

17 Photos of Dead Bandits

18 Tenemos Perder Para Ganar

19 The Entrepreneur with a Scientist’s Mind

20 The Lower Rio Grande Valley Flora Authority

21 Runyon’s Huaco, Topsy-Turvy, and Esenbeckia

22 The Misty Figure

23 Texas Cacti and the Palm Grove

24 Brownsville’s Stormy Petrel

25 Given the Chance to Serve

26 The Entrepreneurs’ Twilight Years

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

Endnotes

Bibliography

Index