Roughnecks, Drillers, and Tool Pushers : Thirty-three Years in the Oil Fields Paperback / softback
by Gerald Lynch
Part of the Personal Narratives of the West series
Paperback / softback
Description
Oil, the black gold of Texas, has given rise to many a myth.
Oil could turn a man overnight into a millionaire—and did, for some.
But these myths have obscured what life was really like in the oil patch, a place that was neither the El Dorado of legend nor quite the unredeemed den of sin and iniquity that some feared. In Roughnecks, Drillers, and Tool Pushers, Gerald Lynch provides a much-needed insider's view of the oil industry, describing life in various oil fields in and around Texas.
He also chronicles changes in drilling methods and oil-field technology and how these changes affected him and his fellow oil-field workers.
No one else has written a working-class history of the oil fields as colorful and articulate as this one.
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:278 pages
- Publisher:University of Texas Press
- Publication Date:01/11/1987
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- ISBN:9780292770522
Information
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Available to Order - This title is available to order, with delivery expected within 2 weeks
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:278 pages
- Publisher:University of Texas Press
- Publication Date:01/11/1987
- Category:
- ISBN:9780292770522
