... Miles gives us a highly readable biography of an intriguing person and a welcome addition to the history of oil's first century. - Southwestern Historical Quarterly; ""... an informative and well-written account of the life of one of the most successful and best known independents of an earlier time. It belongs on the shelf of any reader with special interest in the histories of the domestic oil industry and of Oklahoma."" - Western Historical Quarterly

... Miles gives us a highly readable biography of an intriguing person and a welcome addition to the history of oil's first century. - Southwestern Historical Quarterly; ""... an informative and well-written account of the life of one of the most successful and best known independents of an earlier time. It belongs on the shelf of any reader with special interest in the histories of the domestic oil industry and of Oklahoma."" - Western Historical Quarterly

... Miles gives us a highly readable biography of an intriguing person and a welcome addition to the history of oil's first century. - Southwestern Historical Quarterly; ""... an informative and well-written account of the life of one of the most successful and best known independents of an earlier time. It belongs on the shelf of any reader with special interest in the histories of the domestic oil industry and of Oklahoma."" - Western Historical Quarterly