Prize

Yergin, Daniel

ISBN 10: 0671757059 / ISBN 13: 9780671757052

Published by Simom and Schuster, 1992

Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Seller Inventory # 00102652870

Synopsis:

Yergin's The Prize is a compelling and comprehensive history of the oil industry, from the first oil well ever drilled (near Titusville, Pennsylvania, in 1859) to the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. To be an 8-part PBS mini-series in Autumn 1992. Nominated for the National Book Award.

Review: "The Wall Street Journal"Splendid and epic...brilliantly told. "The Boston Sunday Globe"Pure narrative history, spun out as a tremendously exciting epic covering nearly six generations. "San Francisco Examiner"Impassioned and riveting...only in the great epics of Homer will readers regularly run into a comparable string of larger-than-life swashbucklers and statesmen, heroes and villains. James Schlesingerformer U.S. Secretary of Defense and U.S. Secretary of EnergyA masterly narrative..."The Prize" portrays the interweaving of national and corporate interests, the conflicts and stratagems, the miscalculations, the follies, and the ironies. James Schlesingerformer U.S. Secretary of Defense and U.S. Secretary of EnergyA masterly narrative..."The Prize" portrays the interweaving of national and corporate interests, the conflicts and stratagems, the miscalculations, the follies, and the ironies. "San Francisco Examiner"Impassioned and riveting...only in the great epics of Homer will readers regularly run into a comparable string of larger-than-life swashbucklers and statesmen, heroes and villains. "The Boston Sunday Globe"Pure narrative history, spun out as a tremendously exciting epic covering nearly six generations. "The Wall Street Journal"Splendid and epic...brilliantly told.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Prize
Publisher: Simom and Schuster
Publication Date: 1992
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Good