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A rich, rousing gusher of a biography that captures the life and times of an American hero and the birth of the modern oil empire he created.
Frank Phillips, founder of Phillips Petroleum, was one of the greatest self-made business tycoons of the twentieth century. Here in "Oil Man," Michael Wallis, the best-selling historian of the West, present Phillips against a pageant of luminaries and outlaws that includes Will Rogers, Harry Truman, Edna Ferber, J.Paul Getty, and Pretty Boy Floyd. Spanning the finals days of America's frontier West through the Roaring Twenties and two world warn, "Oil Man" is a bold, colorful biography of the original American entrepreneur. A classic work that continues to gather accolades since its original publication in 1988.

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Title Oil Man: The Story of Frank Phillips & the Birth of Phillips Petroleum
Author Michael Wallis
Binding Paperback
Edition First St. Mzarti
Pages 480
Volumes 1
Language ENG
Publisher Griffin, Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A.
Publication date May 15, 1995
Illustrated Yes
ISBN 9780312131357 / 0312131356
Weight 1.57 lbs (0.71 kg)
Dimensions 9.22 x 6.1 x 1.33 in (23.42 x 15.49 x 3.38 cm)
Category Biography / Autobiography
Library of Congress subjects Industrialists - United States - Biography, Petroleum industry and trade - United States
Library of Congress Catalogue Number 95002131
Dewey Decimal Code B

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