Growing Up in the Oil Patch Growing Up in the Oil Patch

Growing Up in the Oil Patch

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Publisher Description

Growing Up in the Oil Patch chronicles the adventures and achievements of some of the most colourful, ambitious people of their time: statesmen, scoundrels, visionaries and developers. Participants all in the growing oil patch!

The author presents a highly readable, informative and entertaining account of the early years in the development of Canada’s gas and oil industry. Based upon five years of research, interviews, and his fortuitous discovery of a rare, historically important scribbler, John Schmidt traces the paths of two enterprising American-born drillers, "Frosty" Martin and "Tiny" Phillips, whose drive and ingenuity were encouraged by British and Canadian promoters and financiers. Their entrepreneurial spirit took them initially to Leamington, Ontario, and ultimately into the heart of the oil patch in Western Canada.

GENRE
Science & Nature
RELEASED
1989
June 30
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
192
Pages
PUBLISHER
Dundurn Press
SELLER
Dundurn Press Limited
SIZE
9.3
MB

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