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The Oilman's Daughter
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The Oilman's Daughter contains stories my mother wrote about her life from the early oil boom days to the Great Depression. She gives us a child's view of Wild West shows, luxurious train travel, life in a convent school, and the excitement surrounding oil discoveries. Her experiences at home reveal how early Tulsans used the Arkansas River banks for profit and pleasure. Along with the mischief she and two nephews enjoyed, her intensely personal memoirs expose complex race relations, disastrous family dysfunction, and secrets not only of her neighborhood but also of Communist meetings she attended as she searched for security. Sally J. Bright Editor of The Oilman's Daughter You don't have to be from Tulsa to love this book, but if you are, it's a work that will enhance your appreciation for the city and its rich, peculiar history. The Oilman's Daughter tells the story not only of a town, but of an extended family whose love for one another, despite instances of heartbreak and betrayal, lives on through descendants who are still telling the story. Carol Johnson Associate Professor of English Tulsa Community College If you experienced history only by the agony of memorizing dates, this is the book for you. The Oilman's Daughter transports us to early-day Tulsa with accounts of its Race Riot, glamorous cars, new Spavinaw Lake, and surrounding oil fields-all through the eyes of a child. Here we have real pictures of polio outbreaks, hidden champagne, neighborhood bullies, 4th of July block parties, private schools where squirrels are not welcomed, and life in a privileged but complicated family. This is an adventurous story-much more than just names and dates. S. Michelle Place Executive Director Tulsa Historical Society and Museum

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