Black Gold: The Story of Oil in Our Lives by Albert Marrin

Black Gold: The Story of Oil in Our Lives

Albert Marrin

192 pages first pub 2012 (editions)

nonfiction history science informative fast-paced

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Oil is not pretty, but it is a resource that drives the modern world.  It has made fortunes for the lucky few and provided jobs for millions of ordinary folks.Thick and slippery, crude oil has an evil smell. Yet without it, life as we live it toda...

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