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King of the wildcatters : the life and times of Tom Slick, 1883-1930 /

Main Author: Miles, Ray.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: College Station : Texas A & M University Press, ©1996.
Series:Kenneth E. Montague series in oil and business history ; no. 9
Subjects:
Slick, Tom, > 1883-1930.
Petroleum industry and trade > History. > United States
Petroleum engineers > United States
Petroleum conservation > History. > United States
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Petroleum.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
Petroleum conservation.
Petroleum engineers.
United States.
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Table of Contents:
  • "I'm a born trader"
  • "Every time I drill a well I have to get another partner"
  • "Well, I'll be d
  • d!" : Tom Slick in the Cushing Field
  • In-law entrepreneurs
  • "To see the oil gush once more"
  • "Seminole is the greatest pool of oil ever discovered"
  • "Within a year, I'll be back on top"
  • "My whole life has been work, work, work."

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