The Spindletop gusher : the story of the Texas oil boom / Carmen Bredeson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Houston, Tex. : Bright Sky Press, Description: 64 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781933979663 (hardcover)
  • 1933979666 (hardcover)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 338.2/728209764145 22
LOC classification:
  • TN872.T4 B743 2010
Contents:
A hissing noise filled the air -- This 1077 acres for sale -- cheap -- There was an avalanche of oil -- Millions of dollars changed hands -- Oil burns cleaner than coal -- Americans were thrilled with the automobile -- Petroleum is the fuel -- That drives the world -- Gladys City -- a boomtown replica.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 60-64).

A hissing noise filled the air -- This 1077 acres for sale -- cheap -- There was an avalanche of oil -- Millions of dollars changed hands -- Oil burns cleaner than coal -- Americans were thrilled with the automobile -- Petroleum is the fuel -- That drives the world -- Gladys City -- a boomtown replica.

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