Petrolia: The Landscape of America's First Oil Boom

by Brian C. Black

Book Overview

Winner of the Paul H. Giddens Prize in Oil History from Oil Heritage Region, Inc.

In Petrolia, Brian Black offers a geographical and social history of a region that was not only the site of America's first oil boom but was also the world's largest oil producer between 1859 and 1873. Against the background of the growing demand for petroleum throughout and immediately following the Civil War, Black describes Oil Creek Valley's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801877326
• ISBN13: 9780801877322
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.2"