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Author Marrin, Albert.

Title Black gold : the story of oil in our lives / Albert Marrin.

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, [2012]
©2012

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 Manchester, Main Library - Teen  TEEN 553.28 MARRIN    Check Shelf
 Windsor, Main Library - Teen  YA-553.28 MA    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 181 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Summary A history of the slick and foul-smelling substance that drives our existence and that becomes scarcer as our dependence on it grows.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Prologue : how Daddy nearly blew himself up -- A freak of geology -- Black gold -- The destiny of nations -- Automobiles and Middle Eastern oil -- Hopeless monsters -- Richest prize, greatest problem -- A day of reckoning -- Fossil fuels and the natural environment -- Toward a new energy order.
Study Program Accelerated Reader AR MG+ 8.2 8.0 148834.
Subject Petroleum -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Petroleum -- United States -- History.
ISBN 9780375866739 hardback
0375866736 hardback
9780375966736 library binding
0375966730 library binding
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