Oil Man: The Story of Frank Phillips and the Birth of Phillips Petroleum
This rich, rousing gusher of a biography 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 most prominent self-made business tycoons of the twentieth century. In Oil Man, Michael Wallis, a best-selling historian of the West, presents 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 final days of America's frontier West through the Roaring Twenties and two world wars, Oil Man is a bold, colorful biography of an original American entrepreneur. A classic work that continues to gather accolades since its original publication in 1988, the book captures the life and times of an American hero.Author: Michael Wallis
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 09/04/2014
Pages: 528
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.6lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.20d
ISBN: 9780806146768
About the Author
Wallis, Michael: - Michael Wallis is the award-winning author of fourteen books, including Route 66: The Mother Road and Pretty Boy: The Life and Times of Charles Arthur Floyd. He lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma.Phillips, John Gibson: - John Gibson Phillips, Jr., is the grandson of Frank Phillips.
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