"January 10, 1901 - a momentous day in history. At 10:30 in the morning the first great American gusher "roared in like a shot from a heavy cannon and spouted oil a hundred feet over the top of the derrick out on the hummock that the world would soon know as Spindletop." Overnight the town of Beaumont, Texas became a bedlam. The population doubled and doubled again."--BOOK JACKET. "Spindletop is the true story of the oil discovery that changed the world - of the events leading up to it and the boom days that followed. It is a tale of men against odds, and the incidents that molded men and ideas together to form the nucleus of the modern oil industry. The story is brought vividly alive by its colorful portraits of the men who played a part in this great adventure."--BOOK JACKET.
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Spindletop,
This review is from: Spindletop Rev Ed (Hardcover)
A fascinating account of the events and people who brought in the birth of the modern oil business. The book brings to life the time period, the cast of characters that were involved and the obstacles and naysayers which had to be overcome. See how hard work and dogged persistence by these men was rewarded not just once (as in the initial discovery of the field) but several times. The book is well written and moves along at a good pace. As a person involved in the oil business for 20 years, this book reminded my of why the oil business is so special.
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Book arrived promptly and was in very good condition. Excellent history of the people and place called Spindletop. I work in the oil industry and enjoy reading about many of the names that continue to show in mineral land titles throughout Texas. Very good read for those interested in the history of oil production and the companies involved in the State of Texas.
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Surprising in its superficiality,
By Jersey Kid (Katy, Texas, America!) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Spindletop Rev Ed (Hardcover)
"Daniel Yergin's 'The Prize' is a sweeping story of how the world became enthralled and obsessed with petroleum as the present and future source for global energy. Clark and Halbouty attempt to bring a highly detailed granularity to one piece of the larger story; namely the discovery of crude oil in never-before-seen amounts from a salt done in southeast Texas. We get to meet the players and the entities that are synonymous with the oil industry: Higgins and Lucas, the visionary and the driller; Texaco, Sunoco and Gulf, the upstarts at least at the time seeking to work around the already leviathan Standard Trust. All the elements for a great epic story are there.
Unfortunately, the story tends to read more like the teleplay for a mini-series than an epic. The authors rush the story along, supplying vignettes that are superficial. The creation of the Christmas Tree to control well flow and the process that leads Howard Hughes, Sr. to develop his rotary drill are both dealt with in short paragraphs providing little or no understanding. Admittedly, providing such detail would have siginificantly increased the size of the book. But, the purpose of this book was to depict the impoirtance of what is - without arguement - the genesis of the American oil indistry. Paying in such short shrift is like damning with faint praise. An informative, though somewhat disappointing book.
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