Tales from the Derrick Floor: A People's History of the Oil Industry
by Mody Boatright, William Owens
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good +/No Jacket
- ISBN 10
- 0803260679
- ISBN 13
- 9780803260672
- Seller
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Lincoln, NE: Bison Books, 1982 Bison Books, Lincoln, NE. 1982. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Stated First Bison book printing and First Printing by Line Number. BB 804. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; light tip wear; folds to corners of page 255 and 257. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. 268 pp 8vo. An engaging oral history of the early days of oil exploration in Texas. Beginning with the first Texas gusher at Spindletop, this book presents a colorful history of the oil industry and the personalities it attracted. Gathered from over 100 oilfield workers their stories recall the gushers and the frustration of dry holes. They include eye-witness accounts of the dangers and tragedies of the primitive oil fields and the boisterous and lusty life of the wide-open boomtowns. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015848
- Title
- Tales from the Derrick Floor: A People's History of the Oil Industry
- Author
- Mody Boatright, William Owens
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0803260679
- ISBN 13
- 9780803260672
- Publisher
- Bison Books
- Place of Publication
- Lincoln, NE
- Date Published
- 1982
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Keywords
- Texas oil industry, Texas oil drilling history, Spindletop, oil gushers, dry holes, Boom towns, Boomtowns, roughnecks, prostitutes, rangers, oil tycoons, oil field hazards, oil industry folklore, oil industry, oil leases, pipelines,
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Walnut Valley Books/Books by White
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WINFIELD, Kansas
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Walnut Valley Books is a small independent home-based business with the bulk of my holdings being of an American military nature covering everything from the Revolutionary War to the current wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. I also have holdings of books on the Middle East, the southwestern United States (New Mexico especially, Kansas related titles, Oklahoma related titles, and other regionally specialized books. All of my holdings are hand-selected to be good quality books of interest to the reader, historian, or the collector. In addition to the above, you will also find a wide range of other topics such as Medical, US History, autobiographical, biographical, sports, women's studies, and many other eclectic topics.