Project Gutenberg 2009-02-04 Public domain in the USA. 65 Otis, James 1848 1912 Kaler, James Otis Orton, James K. Ralph Gurney's Oil Speculation Reading ease score: 70.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Roger Frank, Suzanne Shell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Ralph Gurney's Oil Speculation" by James Otis is a novel written in the late 19th century. The book follows Ralph Gurney, a college student, as he spends his vacation in the oil-rich region of Pennsylvania and becomes embroiled in the exciting and dangerous world of oil speculators and moonlighters. Through Ralph's eyes, readers are introduced to the thrilling backdrop of oil drilling, illegal practices, and the camaraderie of young men adventuring in a landscape filled with both opportunity and peril. The opening of the novel introduces Ralph Gurney as he reunites with his college friend George Harnett in Bradford, Pennsylvania. Their conversation reveals George's occupation as a civil engineer engaged in the booming oil industry, and he excitedly shares details about the area's activities, including the more dubious practices of moonlighters—those who work outside the legal boundaries of the oil business. As they embark on a journey, they encounter Bob Hubbard, a young man known for his reckless shooting, who proves to have connections with the moonlighters. Tension builds when Ralph learns about the risks associated with this underground world, setting the stage for an adventure fraught with excitement, danger, and moral dilemmas, as Ralph grapples with his newfound role in this unconventional venture. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Oil fields -- Juvenile fiction Prospecting -- Juvenile fiction PZ Text Browsing: Children & Young Adult Reading Browsing: Fiction 481334 481340 2024-10-12T06:48:11.258496 2023-09-12T09:58:35.371443 text/html text/html 484711 2021-01-04T17:42:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 319671 2021-01-04T17:42:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 342835 2024-10-12T06:48:19.112460 application/epub+zip 347465 2024-10-12T06:48:12.759474 application/epub+zip 249498 2024-10-12T06:48:12.019465 application/epub+zip 511482 2024-10-12T06:48:24.227427 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 460710 2024-10-12T06:48:18.299461 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 363425 2022-09-13T06:13:46.299138 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 428906 428807 2024-10-12T06:48:09.976495 2023-09-12T09:58:34.284441 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 428708 2021-01-04T17:42:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 151729 2021-01-04T17:42:58 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 428700 2021-01-04T17:42:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 151711 2021-01-04T17:42:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21880 2024-10-12T06:48:24.381398 application/rdf+xml 35006 2024-10-12T06:48:12.130464 image/jpeg 4999 2024-10-12T06:48:12.076464 image/jpeg 318940 2024-10-12T06:48:11.306497 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia More titles under Prentice, Harry