{"product_id":"oil-9781435173194","title":"Oil!","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eOil! \u003c\/i\u003efollows James Arnold Ross and his son, James Arnold Ross Jr., as they do whatever it takes to own their very own oil well. Ross's son--nicknamed Bunny--provides an idealistic counterpoint to his father's avaricious dealings. Their story intertwines with that of Eli Watkins, a revivalist preacher who seeks spiritual power. As the stories of the Ross and Watkins families intertwine, the struggle between the material and the spiritual sharpens. Told over the course of the United States's Gilded Age, World War I, and the post-war years, \u003ci\u003eOil! \u003c\/i\u003eis a Dickensian portrait of a country so rich in resources and manpower that it becomes its own greatest enemy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Upton Sinclair\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Union Square \u0026amp; Co.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 584\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.60h x 5.60w x 2.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781435173194\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eUpton Beall Sinclair Jr. (1878 -1968) was an American writer, muckraker, political activist and the 1934 Democratic Party nominee for Governor of California. Sinclair wrote nearly 100 books and won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1943.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Union Square \u0026 Co.","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":41335539630195,"sku":"9.78144E+12","price":23.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_fd7841e8-7dfe-4df6-bb7b-9e091401eeae.jpg?v=1707323726","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/oil-9781435173194","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}