In Oil! Upton Sinclair fashioned a novel out of the oil scandals of the Harding administration, providing in the process a detailed picture of the development of the oil industry in Southern California. Bribery of public officials, class warfare, and international rivalry over oil production are the context for Sinclair's story of a genial independent oil developer and his son, whose sympathy with the oilfield workers and socialist organizers fuels a running debate with his father. Senators, small investors, oil magnates, a Hollywood film star, and a crusading evangelist people the pages of this lively novel.
- ISBN10 1934568457
- ISBN13 9781934568453
- Publish Date 1 February 2008 (first published 30 April 1997)
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Frederick Ellis
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 544
- Language English