Oil!

Oil has been struck in Southern California. Soon the landscape is carved up as the drilling begins. One man stands to profit from it – Mr. H, Arnold Ross, a kindly tycoon who gets rich by buying up land cheap and bribing public officials to get the work done quickly. But this brings him into conflict with his son, Bunny, whose growing sympathy with oilfield workers and socialist organizers fuels a running debate with his father. Meanwhile Bunny’s childhood friend, Paul, has become involved in the unions, leading to a fateful clash with capitalist forces. First published in 1926. 548p.