Black Brian:
Petrolia
The Landscape Of America's First Oil Boom
Johns Hopkins University Press (United States), 2003
Paperback, 252 pages
Size: 229x152 mm
ISBN: 9780801877322
ISBN-10: 0801877326
Petrolia
The tapping of the first commercial oil well by Edwin Drake and Billy Smith in 1859 set off an exploitative boom of industrial development reminiscent of the gold rush. This text offers a geographical and social history of the Petrolia region - the world's largest oil producer from 1859 to 1873.

