Oil Man
The Story of Frank Phillips and the Birth of Phillips Petroleum
University of Oklahoma Press · Print & ebook · September 4, 2014
This rich, rousing gusher of a biography captures the life and times of an American hero and the birth of the modern oil empire he created.
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- Who it’s for
- Frank Phillips’s biography traces the birth of his oil empire across decades of American change.
- Themes
- Entrepreneurship, American oil industry, Twentieth-century American history
- Genres
- Business Lives, 20th-Century America, Southwest U.S. History
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This rich, rousing gusher of a biography captures the life and times of an American hero and the birth of the modern oil empire he created. Frank Phillips, founder of Phillips Petroleum, was one of the most prominent self-made business tycoons of the twentieth century.
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In Oil Man, Michael Wallis, a best-selling historian of the West, presents Phillips against a pageant of luminaries and outlaws that includes Will Rogers, Harry Truman, Edna Ferber, J. Paul Getty, and Pretty Boy Floyd. Spanning the final days of America's frontier West through the Roaring Twenties and two world wars, Oil Man is a bold, colorful biography of an original American entrepreneur. A classic work that continues to gather accolades since its original publication in 1988, the book captures the life and times of an American hero.
Frank Phillips’s Oil Empire
Frank Phillips’s biography traces the birth of his oil empire across decades of American change.
Come here for
- Frank Phillips’s life and the rise of Phillips Petroleum
- A cast spanning Will Rogers, Harry Truman, and Pretty Boy Floyd
Expect
- A life spanning the frontier West, the Roaring Twenties, and two world wars
- A portrait set among luminaries and outlaws
Where it sits
| Business Lives | 76% |
|---|---|
| Southwest U.S. History | 26% |
| 20th-Century America | 24% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Business Lives
- 20th-Century America
- Fossil Fuel Energy
- Petroleum Engineering
- Authors
- Michael Wallis
- Publisher
- University of Oklahoma Press
- Published
- September 4, 2014
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Entrepreneurship · American oil industry · Twentieth-century American history
- Reading lane
- Business Lives