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Oilfield Revolutionary : The Career of Everette Lee DeGolyer / Houston Faust Mount II.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mount, Houston Faust, II, 1974- author.
- Series:
- Kenneth E. Montague series in oil and business history ; no. 23.
- Kenneth E. Montague series in oil and business history ; number twenty-three
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philanthropists--Texas--Biography.
- Philanthropists.
- Petroleum industry and trade--United States--History--20th century.
- Petroleum industry and trade.
- Businessmen--United States--Biography.
- Businessmen.
- Petroleum geologists--United States--Biography.
- Petroleum geologists.
- Dallas (Tex.)--Biography.
- Dallas (Tex.).
- DeGolyer, E. (Everette), 1886-1956.
- DeGolyer, E.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (354 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits.
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2014]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This account of DeGolyer's life covers the period from his training with the United States Geological Survey in the American West, to his geological exploration of Mexico during the Revolution of the 1910s, his pioneering investment in geophysical prospecting technologies, and his work on behalf of the United States government in World War II, including a ground-breaking secret mission to the Middle East.
- Contents:
- Introduction: Prospector
- Student
- Geologist
- Executive
- Technologist
- Entrepreneur
- Scholar
- Technocrat
- Geopolitician
- Sage
- Epilogue: Legend.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-62349-224-6
- OCLC:
- 895258721
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