Diana Davids Hinton has a Ph.D. in History from Yale University and holds the J. Conrad Dunagan Chair in Regional and Business History at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.Roger M. Olien, who has a Ph.D. in History from Brown University, lives in Austin and is a member of the Texas State Historical Association Speakers Bureau. The authors have written five books and numerous articles on the petroleum industry.

• Preface1. The Road to Spindletop2. The First Great Boom3. After the Boom4. Oily Water and Black Gold5. The Rising Tide of Oil6. Oil in Cow Country7. The Colossus of Texas Booms8. Survival and Growth9. Texas Oil Goes to WarNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex

Diana Davids Hinton has a Ph.D. in History from Yale University and holds the J. Conrad Dunagan Chair in Regional and Business History at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.Roger M. Olien, who has a Ph.D. in History from Brown University, lives in Austin and is a member of the Texas State Historical Association Speakers Bureau. The authors have written five books and numerous articles on the petroleum industry.

• Preface1. The Road to Spindletop2. The First Great Boom3. After the Boom4. Oily Water and Black Gold5. The Rising Tide of Oil6. Oil in Cow Country7. The Colossus of Texas Booms8. Survival and Growth9. Texas Oil Goes to WarNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex

Diana Davids Hinton has a Ph.D. in History from Yale University and holds the J. Conrad Dunagan Chair in Regional and Business History at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin.Roger M. Olien, who has a Ph.D. in History from Brown University, lives in Austin and is a member of the Texas State Historical Association Speakers Bureau. The authors have written five books and numerous articles on the petroleum industry.

• Preface1. The Road to Spindletop2. The First Great Boom3. After the Boom4. Oily Water and Black Gold5. The Rising Tide of Oil6. Oil in Cow Country7. The Colossus of Texas Booms8. Survival and Growth9. Texas Oil Goes to WarNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex