Author : alan w greenwood
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 35,74 MB
Release : 2017-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1365305937
"This book is an anthology of previously unpublished short stories collected over the years and--up until now--resting in computer files. His wife Barbara and his first editor, Sue Gottwald have encouraged him for years to release them to the public for perusal--so here they are, collected for the first time.".
Author : Carl Coke Rister
Publisher : Norman, U. Oklahoma P
Page : 552 pages
File Size : 15,54 MB
Release : 1949
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN :
History of "the rush for oil riches in the great Mid-Continent and Gulf producing area ... embraces the states of Arkansas, Louisiana, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico--the scene of many fabulous strikes, including Spindletop, Glenn Pool, Mexia, Oklahoma City, and East Texas."
Author : Lisa Mary Urbanczyk
Publisher :
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 14,34 MB
Release : 1983
Category : American fiction
ISBN :
Author : Jan Harold Brunvand
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 812 pages
File Size : 25,92 MB
Release : 2006-05-24
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1135578788
Contains over 500 articles Ranging over foodways and folksongs, quiltmaking and computer lore, Pecos Bill, Butch Cassidy, and Elvis sightings, more than 500 articles spotlight folk literature, music, and crafts; sports and holidays; tall tales and legendary figures; genres and forms; scholarly approaches and theories; regions and ethnic groups; performers and collectors; writers and scholars; religious beliefs and practices. The alphabetically arranged entries vary from concise definitions to detailed surveys, each accompanied by a brief, up-to-date bibliography. Special features *More than 2000 contributors *Over 500 articles spotlight folk literature, music, crafts, and more *Alphabetically arranged *Entries accompanied by up-to-date bibliographies *Edited by America's best-known folklore authority
Author : Blaire Briody
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 12,96 MB
Release : 2017-09-26
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1466871520
Williston, North Dakota was a sleepy farm town for generations—until the frackers arrived. The oil companies moved into Williston, overtaking the town and setting off a boom that America hadn’t seen since the Gold Rush. Workers from all over the country descended, chasing jobs that promised them six-figure salaries and demanded no prior experience. But for every person chasing the American dream, there is a darker side—reports of violence and sexual assault skyrocketed, schools overflowed, and housing prices soared. Real estate is such a hot commodity that tent cities popped up, and many workers’ only option was to live out of their cars. Farmers whose families had tended the land for generations watched, powerless, as their fields were bulldozed to make way for one oil rig after another. Written in the vein Ted Conover and Jon Krakauer, using a mix of first-person adventure and cultural analysis, The New Wild West is the definitive account of what’s happening on the ground and what really happens to a community when the energy industry is allowed to set up in a town with little regulation or oversight—and at what cost.
Author : Southwest Texas Oil Scouts Association
Publisher :
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 25,59 MB
Release : 1930
Category : Natural gas
ISBN :
Author : Bobby D. Weaver
Publisher : Texas A&M University Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,96 MB
Release : 2010-08-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1603442057
"Oilfield Trash is written in a charming, flowing style that any reader will enjoy....In Weaver's capable hands, the gypsy lives of a generation of young men unfold on the rigorous stage of drilling fields...."---Paul Spellman, author of Spindletop Boom Days --
Author : Elva A. Harmon
Publisher :
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 12,51 MB
Release : 1982
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN :
An annotated bibliography of fiction, history, biography, poetry, drama, and folklore from and about the southwestern region of the United States.
Author : Mody Coggin Boatright
Publisher :
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 45,8 MB
Release : 1963
Category : Fiction
ISBN :
Tall tales, anecdotes and songs of the oil fields of Texas, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Ohio, Kansas and Oklahoma, issued with cooperation of the Texas Folklore Society.
Author : D. Seth Horton
Publisher : Ohio University Press
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 39,18 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0804011060
The beauty and barrenness of the southwestern landscape naturallylends itself to the art of storytellers. It is a land of heat and dryness, aland of spirits, a land that is misunderstood by those living along thecoasts. New Stories from the Southwest presents nineteen short stories that appeared in North American periodicals between January and December 2006. Though many of these stories vary by aesthetics, tone, voice, and almost any other craft category one might wish to use, they are nevertheless bound together by at least one factor, which is that the landscape of the region plays a key role in their narratives. They each evoke and explore what it means to exist in thisunique corner of the country. Selected by editor D. Seth Horton, the former fiction editor for the Sonora Review, from a wide cross-section of journals and magazines, and with a foreword by noted writer Ray Gonzalez, New Stories from the Southwest presents a generous sampling of the best of contemporary fiction situated in this often overlooked area of the country. Swallow Press is particularly pleased to publish this wide-ranging collection of stories from both new and established writers. Contributors to New Stories from the Southwest are: - Alan Cheuse - Matt Clark - Lorien Crow - Kathleen De Azvedo - Alan Elyshevitz - Marcela Fuentes - Dennis Fulgoni - Ray Gonzalez - Anna Green - Donald Lucio Hurd - Toni Jensen - Charles Kemnitz - Elmo Lum - Tom McWhorter - S. G. Miller - Peter Rock - Alicita Rodriguez - John Tait - Patrick Tobin - Valery Varble
