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Giant under the Hill : A History of the Spindletop Oil Discovery
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A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear.
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Located in: Houston, Texas, United States
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Name
- Texas State Historical Association
- Book Series
- Historical
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults, Young Adults
- Edition
- 2008
- Vintage
- No
- Type
- Novel
- Unit Type
- Unit
- Literary Movement
- Industrial
- Era
- 2000s
- Illustrator
- Janice Pinney.
- Personalized
- No
- Features
- Paper back
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Unit Quantity
- One
- ISBN
- 9780876112366
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Texas STATE Historical Association
ISBN-10
087611236X
ISBN-13
9780876112366
eBay Product ID (ePID)
10038769252
Product Key Features
Book Title
Giant under the Hill : a History of the Spindletop Oil Discovery at Beaumont, Texas, in 1901
Number of Pages
344 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2008
Topic
United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Petroleum
Genre
Technology & Engineering, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Weight
16.6 Oz
Item Length
9.2 in
Item Width
6.7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
21
Dewey Decimal
338.4/76223382
Synopsis
How did a profligate who killed a deputy sheriff before reforming, a mining engineer who went AWOL from the Austrian navy, and three East Texas drillers join forces with other equally colorful characters to drill on Spindletop Hill? The answers are all here--the challenge and frustration of the search, the excitement of the discovery, the euphoric chaos of the boom, and the genesis of the giant companies. In this scholarly work firmly rooted in the narrative tradition, and using material collected over decades, the authors bring to life the efforts of Pattillo Higgins, Anthony Lucas, Al and Curt Hamill, and Peck Byrd to master the Spindletop salt dome--efforts that culminated in the discovery of the great Lucas Gusher. Their find subsequently transformed not only the state of Texas but the entire oil industry.
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