Growing up in the Oil Patch

Name: Growing up in the Oil Patch
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ISBN: 9780920474570

ISBN-10: 0920474578

ISBN-13: 9780920474570

Edition: 1989

Authors: John Schmidt

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Growing Up in the Oil Patchchronicles the adventures and achievements of some of the most colourful, ambitious people of their time: statesmen, scoundrels, visionaries and developers. Participants all in the growing oil patch!The author presents a highly readable, informative and entertaining account of the early years in the development of Canada's gas and oil industry. Based upon five years of research, interviews, and his fortuitous discovery of a rare, historically important scribbler, John Schmidt traces the paths of two enterprising American-born drillers, "Frosty" Martin and "Tiny" Phillips, whose drive and ingenuity were encouraged by British and Canadian promoters and financiers.…

Book details

List price: $11.95
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Natural Heritage/Natural History, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/30/1989
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 192
Size: 5.99" wide x 8.95" long x 0.57" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English

With forty years in creative writing, John Schmidt has published more than a dozen books, several Kindle eBooks, a CD collection of many of his works, and a children's play. All of John's works can be ordered through Path Publishing, with most listed at PathPublishing.com.