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9781571780515

Tulsa! Biography of the American City

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  • ISBN13:

    9781571780515

  • ISBN10:

    1571780513

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1995-10-01
  • Publisher: Council Oak Books

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Summary

Featuring hundreds of rare photos, Goble has produced a fascinating account of Tulsa’s story, of the forces that have made it the “most American of American cities.” A vibrant energy positioned this Indian Territory village to boom into the Oil Capital of the World and a microcosm of the economically powerful United States.

Author Biography

Danney Goble, PhD, was professor of letters at the University of Oklahoma, a former director of American studies at Rogers University–Tulsa, and an award-winning author and coauthor. His books include the Pulitzer Prize nominee Little Giant: The Life and Times of Speaker Carl Albert, Historical Atlas of Oklahoma, Oklahoma: A History, Oklahoma Politics: A History, Progressive Oklahoma: The Making of a New Kind of State, and The Story of Oklahoma, named Book of the Year by the Oklahoma Historical Society.

Table of Contents

Preface
PROLOGUE The Journey of the People Who Burned the Same Fire 13(7)
PART ONE "The Magic City" 20(60)
INTRODUCTION Something That Called Itself a City 20(5)
ONE The End of the Line
25(8)
TWO From Tallasi to Tulsa
33(18)
THREE "Keep Your Eye on Tulsa"
51(20)
PHOTO-ESSAY: THEN AND NOW
71(9)
PART TWO "Oil Capital of the World" 80(82)
INTRODUCTION "...Left Pretty Much to Themselves" 80(5)
FOUR The Princes of Petroleum
85(28)
FIVE Sheets of Terror
113(22)
SIX Brother, Can You Spare a Dime for a Barrel of Oil?
135(18)
PHOTO-ESSAY: THE HOMES THAT OIL BUILT
153(9)
PART THREE "America's Most Beautiful City" 162(66)
INTRODUCTION "Where Beauty is Everybody's Business" 162(5)
SEVEN War and Deliverance
167(16)
EIGHT "A Cultural Sahara"
183(16)
NINE More Than Skin Deep
199(18)
PHOTO-ESSAY: PLACES OF ILLUSION
217(11)
PART FOUR "All-American City" 228(75)
INTRODUCTION Neither First nor Worst 228(5)
TEN Damnation and Benefaction
233(16)
ELEVEN "The Best-laid Plans"
249(22)
TWELVE Two, Three, Many Tulsas
271(21)
PHOTO-ESSAY: TULSA'S CHILDREN
292(11)
Notes to the Text 303(7)
Bibliography 310(11)
Index 321

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