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| Hard Oiler! |
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Dundurn press, 1998 |
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Hardcover, 270 Pages, 6" x 9" |
| ISBN: |
1550023160 |
| The story of early Canadians'
quest for oil at home and abroad. |
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| Includes bibliographical references
and index. |
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Price: $20
plus shipping |
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hard-luck Yankee fortune seeker. A Hamilton wagon maker hoping
to sell cars to the new railways. A howling swamp so isolated
and foul that pioneer farmers had steered it a wide miss. An
unlikely trio indeed. And yet these three seemingly unconnected
elements came together at just the right moment in time, to
create one of the great – but little known – stories
of Canada's early years.
Hard Oiler! is the story of how oil
was discovered near Sarnia, Ontario, 150
years ago, and how the subsequent exploitation of that oil
gave birth to what is arguably the world's most important industry
today. |
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