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(0)Paul F. Lambert
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The Oklahoma oil boom was a fabulous time, never to be repeated, and these photographs capture the forests of derricks, overflowing tanks, gambling wildcatters, and men and women who made it all possible. The text ties them all to their historical place, providing an exciting panorama of the young industry that was such a vital element in the development of the Sooner State.
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In the late 1930s, employees of the Federal Writers Project "told in these word-for-word recollections of early-dayworkers in the 'oil patch'. In vivid, often poignant detail these men and women recall the grueling toil, primitive living and working conditions and ever-present danger in a time when life was cheap and oil was gold."