Oil!
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In Oil! Upton Sinclair fashioned a novel out of the oil scandals of the Harding administration, providing in the process a detailed picture of the development of the oil industry in Southern California. Bribery of public officials, class warfare, and international rivalry over oil production are the context for Sinclair's story of a genial independent oil developer and his son, whose sympathy with the oilfield workers and socialist organizers fuels a running debate with his father. Senators, small investors, oil magnates, a Hollywood film star, and a crusading evangelist people the pages of th...
Chapters (235)
- CHAPTER I THE RIDE
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- CHAPTER II THE LEASE
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- CHAPTER III THE DRILLING
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- CHAPTER IV THE RANCH
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- CHAPTER V THE REVELATION
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- CHAPTER VI THE WILD-CAT
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- CHAPTER VII THE STRIKE
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- CHAPTER VIII THE WAR
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- CHAPTER IX THE VICTORY
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- CHAPTER X THE UNIVERSITY
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- CHAPTER XI THE REBEL
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- CHAPTER XII THE SIREN
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- CHAPTER XIII THE MONASTERY
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- CHAPTER XIV THE STAR
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- CHAPTER XV THE VACATION
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- CHAPTER XVI THE KILLING
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- CHAPTER XVII THE EXPOSURE
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- CHAPTER XVIII THE FLIGHT
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- CHAPTER XIX THE PENALTY
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- CHAPTER XX THE DEDICATION
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- CHAPTER XXI THE HONEYMOON
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