Books Details
Author : James M. Day Pages : 146 pages Publisher : Eakin Press Language
: ISBN-10 : 1571686169 ISBN-13 : 9781571686169
Books Descriptions
The discovery of the Black Giant in 1930 was the largest oil strike in the
U.S. at that time, and its gushers changed the face of the oil industry.
Oilmen, promoters, oil patch workers, and the nation's unemployed
streamed into the tiny hamlets of East Texas for their share, but they
faced wars between "big oil" and independent oilmen, bootleg or "hot oil,"
martial law, and legalized price fixing. Yet the Black Giant turned out to
be the salvation of the drought-stricken farmers, helped in the fight
against Germany and Japan, and made lots of folks "Texas rich." In "The
Black Giant," the characters, times and oil industry skullduggery are
recalled and explained in dozens of sidebars full of humorous facts and
trivia. The author, law professor at Washing College of Law, The American
University, practiced oil and gas law for more than 35 years and focused
on oil and gas matters during the Arab oil embargo for the U.S.
Department of the Interior.
