Roughnecks, Drillers, and Tool Pushers
Thirty-three Years in the Oil Fields
Business & Finance, Industries & Professions, Industries
| Author: | Gerald Lynch | ISBN: | 9780292786349 |
| Publisher: | University of Texas Press | Publication: | July 22, 2010 |
| Imprint: | University of Texas Press | Language: | English |
| Author: | Gerald Lynch |
| ISBN: | 9780292786349 |
| Publisher: | University of Texas Press |
| Publication: | July 22, 2010 |
| Imprint: | University of Texas Press |
| Language: | English |
Oil, the black gold of Texas, has given rise to many a myth. Oil could turn a man overnight into a millionaire—and did, for some. But these myths have obscured what life was really like in the oil patch, a place that was neither the El Dorado of legend nor quite the unredeemed den of sin and iniquity that some feared.In Roughnecks, Drillers, and Tool Pushers, Gerald Lynch provides a much-needed insider's view of the oil industry, describing life in various oil fields in and around Texas. He also chronicles changes in drilling methods and oil-field technology and how these changes affected him and his fellow oil-field workers. No one else has written a working-class history of the oil fields as colorful and articulate as this one.
Oil, the black gold of Texas, has given rise to many a myth. Oil could turn a man overnight into a millionaire—and did, for some. But these myths have obscured what life was really like in the oil patch, a place that was neither the El Dorado of legend nor quite the unredeemed den of sin and iniquity that some feared.In Roughnecks, Drillers, and Tool Pushers, Gerald Lynch provides a much-needed insider's view of the oil industry, describing life in various oil fields in and around Texas. He also chronicles changes in drilling methods and oil-field technology and how these changes affected him and his fellow oil-field workers. No one else has written a working-class history of the oil fields as colorful and articulate as this one.
