Texas Money: All the Law Allows

by Mona D. Sizer

Howard Hughes died with hypodermic needles broken off in his arm.
When Mary Kay Ash was in elementary school, she cared for her tubercular father while her mother worked fourteen hours a day in a cafe.
H. Ross Perot staged the rescue of his EDS executives from jail in Iran when President Carter couldn't get his diplomats out of their own embassy.
Michael Dell started his fortune while still in high school.
What do they all have in common? They're all texans and worth billions! Texas has long been synonymous with legendary wealth acquired by inheritance, by luck, by intelligence, and sometimes by sheer hard-nosed determination. Author Mona D. Sizer offers a glimpse into some extraordinary lives and reveals not only how they made it, but also what they did with it.

259 pages, Paperback

First published August 25, 2002

About the author

Mona D. Sizer was a teacher, conference speaker and author of fiction and non-fiction works that included biography, history, poetry, memoir and short stories. A Valley native, Sizer was born and raised in Raymondville, Texas. She earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts from Texas Woman's University. Starting her career as a teacher, Sizer transitioned to becoming a writer.

Sizer was the author of historical and contemporary romance novels set in the RGV under the pen name Deana James, histories and biographies for Taylor Trade Publishing, a self-published memoir, short stories and contributed to several anthologies.

Sizer was a charter member of the Romance Writers of America® (RWA), was a member of the Narciso Marquez International Poetry Society and a lifetime member of the writer’s group Valley Byliners.
(Source: Museum of South Texas History)

Mona Dean Sizer wrote historical romances for Zebra as Deana James and a few romances as Rachel Davis.

She passed away on February 17, 2022.