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Novel Chronicles The History Of The Oil Industry Through A Fictional Character’s Booms And Busts

Posted on May 28, 2019 · Retired ExxonMobil employee Bob Davis talks about his historical fiction novel, Gusher!

Tags Bob Davis book boomtowns energy capital Gusher! John D. Rockefeller Michael Hagerty oil and gas Oil City oil industry Spindletop Spindletop Hill

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