| Crude Dreams: A Personal History of Oil and Politics in Alaska Contributor(s): Roderick, Jack (Author), Graydon, Don (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0945397607 ISBN-13: 9780945397601 Publisher: Epicenter Press (WA) OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback Published: November 1997 Annotation: Oil industry insider Jack Roderick takes you behind the scenes of this multibillion-dollar business, to watch the battle for control of Alaska's most sought-after resource. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Pacific Northwest (or, Wa) - Business & Economics | Corporate & Business History - General - Business & Economics | Industries - Energy |
| Dewey: 333.823 |
| LCCN: 97227979 |
| Physical Information: 0.98" H x 5.9" W x 9.14" (1.32 lbs) 452 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - Alaska - Chronological Period - 1950-1999 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In February 1968, the rumors became reality: An ARCO drilling rig has struck oil -- lots of oil -- on Alaska's remote North Slope. Jack Roderick's story of oil and politics in Alaska reads like a novel as he tells of the risky, expensive, and mostly frustrating search for oil across the 49th state. Oil companies watch one another jealously. Small independents and the new state struggle to share in the action dominated by huge multi-national oil companies. Gov. Bill Egan, the shy grocer from Valdez, stands up to the industry, seeking the largest possible share of oil revenues for Alaskans. |