Oil - Hardcover

Sinclair, Upton

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1934568457 ISBN 13: 9781934568453

Publisher: Frederick Ellis, 2008

Synopsis

This novel originates from the 'Teapot Dome' oil scandal of President Warren Harding as oil barons bribe politicians. It is about greed and the oil boom of Southern California in the 1920's. It is wrapped up in evangelic crusades by shifty preachers and leftist labor activists. "Oil" is a provoking novel as a man and his son plunge into the oil drilling business and all that they do and what is around them. Bunny the son becomes a 'red millionaire' and is a radical strike leader. The 2007 highly acclaimed movie "There Will Be Blood" directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and staring Daniel Day-Lewis is an adaptation of Sinclair's Oil! Read this novel and then see the movie. A Collector's EDition.

About this title

Review:

"As sheer story "Oil! is a tremendous piece of work, even greater in significance as a study of diverse personalities than as a social document; it is a modern "Dombey and Son, but more vigorous, more poignant, and more honest."--"The Nation

About the Author:

Upton Sinclair was born in Baltimore in September 1878. His father moved the family to New York City in 1888. Although his own family was extremely poor, he spent periods of time living with his wealthy grandparents. He later argued that witnessing these extremes turned him into a socialist. Sinclair funded his college education by writing stories for newspapers and magazines. Sinclair s first novel was published in 1901. Sinclair was extremely active in socialist politics throughout his life. His novel "Dragon s Teeth" (1942) on the rise of Nazism won him the Pulitzer Prize. By the time Upton Sinclair died in 1968, he had published more than ninety books.

About this edition

• Publisher: Frederick Ellis
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1934568457
• ISBN 13: 9781934568453
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 544