Oil Man

<p>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.</p><p> Frank Phillips founder of Phillips Petroleum was one of the most prominent self-made business tycoons of the twentieth century. In <em>Oil Man</em> 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.</p><p> Spanning the final days of America's frontier West through the Roaring Twenties and two world wars <em>Oil Man</em> 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.</p>