The Black Giant
Released: Jun 30, 2003
Publisher: Bridger House Publishers
Format: Paperback, 146 pages
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Description:
The discovery of the Black Giant in 1930 was the largest oil strike in the United States. Its gushers changed the race of the oil industry-a con man found too much oil! During the Depression, tens of thousands streamed into East Texas engendering the biggest oil boom in history, cutthroat wars between "Big Oil" and small independent oilmen, bootleg or "hot oil" martial law, and legalized price fixing when the price of oil tumbled below ten cents a barrel. A must read for every Texan and those who love or hate "Big Oil" and the Texas rich
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