Life and Death of an Oilman; The Career of E.W. Marland by John Joseph Mathews - 1989

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1989 University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK. 1989. Softcover/Trade Wraps. 10th Printing by Line Number. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Fine. No DJ. Printed card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 259 pp 8vo. One of America’s most colorful oilmen was Ernest Whitworth Marland, a man who had much in common with other industrial giants of his age-- the Mellons, Rockefellers, the Morgans. Moving to Ponca City, Oklahoma, from Pennsylvania shortly after the turn of the century, Marland quickly found oil on the lands of the Ponca and the Osage Indians. E.W. Marland was a man of paradox--an advocate of unhampered oil exploration but also a champion of oil conservation, a man who lived in luxury but espoused the common causes of his idol, Franklin D. Roosevelt. A personal biography written by one who knew him well. A clean very presentable copy.