The Black Giant A History of the East Texas Oil Field and Oil Industry

Description: The discovery of the Black Giant in 1930 was the largest oil strike in the U.S. at that time, and its gushers changed the face of the oil industry. Oilmen, promoters, oil patch workers, and the nation’s unemployed streamed into the tiny hamlets of East Texas for their share, but they faced wars between “big oil” and independent oilmen, bootleg or “hot oil,” martial law, and legalized price fixing. Yet the Black Giant turned out to be the salvation of the drought-stricken farmers, helped in the fight against Germany and Japan, and made lots of folks “Texas rich.” In “The Black Giant,” the characters, times and oil industry skullduggery are recalled and explained in dozens of sidebars full of humorous facts and trivia. The author, law professor at Washington College of Law, The American University, practiced oil and gas law for more than 35 years and focused on oil and gas matters during the Arab oil embargo for the U.S. Department of the Interior.

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Location: Fort Worth, Texas

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Type: History

Narrative Type: Nonfiction

Original Language: English

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Book Title: Black Giant : a History of the East Texas Oil Field and Oil Industry Skulduggery and Trivia

Item Length: 9in.

Item Width: 6in.

Author: James M. Day

Format: Trade Paperback

Language: English

Topic: United States / 20th Century, Industries / Energy, United States / State & Local / Southwest (Az, NM, Ok, Tx), Petroleum

Publisher: Eakin Press

Publication Year: 2004

Genre: Technology & Engineering, Business & Economics, History

Number of Pages: 175 Pages