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A few scraps oily and otherwise [Unknown Binding] Alfred W. Smiley
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Quantity Available: |
Only one in stock, order soon |
Condition: |
Used; Good |
ASIN: |
B00087BTUA |
binding: |
unknown_binding |
format: |
unknown_binding |
language: |
english |
manufacturer: |
Derrick pub. co |
author: |
Alfred W. Smiley |
Publication Date: |
1907-01-01T00:00:00-00:00 |
Subject Keyword: |
'auto', 'vechile', 'part', 'automotive', 'vehicle' |
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not_applicable |
Item Name: |
A few scraps oily and otherwise |
Product Site Launch Date: |
2006-09-14T11:17:59-00:00 |
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More than a week ago |
Item number: |
1571452904 |
Item description
Ex-library, usual library markings, NO JACKET, green boards, text clean, binding cracked, edge wear, 1907, The Derrick Publishing co, 220 pages,
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Product description: First published in 1907, A Few Scraps records the birth of the oil industry in Pennsylvania from the eyewitness perspective of Alfred Smiley, a Pennsylvania native who worked on the world's first modern oil well. The "Drake" well, often called the birthplace of the modern petroleum industry, was struck on Oil Creek near Titusville, Pennsylvania, in August 1859. Smiley worked on this well and many others throughout the region, riding the overnight success and eventual decline of the oil boom in the second half of the nineteenth century. Mixing a quirky personal narrative with historical information, Smiley recounts stories of the growing oil industry and its effects on life in western Pennsylvania. He describes in lucid detail the early processes and practices of the oil rigs and pipelines, the fever of speculation, and the characters responsible for the creation of "oildom." The text incorporates unique photographs from the late nineteenth century, providing a further glimpse into the development of communities on the verge of modernization and industrialization.
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