Staking a Claim Jake Simmons and the Making of an African-American Oil Dynasty
Language: English
Published by Atheneum, 1990
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Eat My Words Books, Minneapolis, MN, U.S.A.Eat My Words Books
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Binding is tight. Pages unmarked and barely aged. Cloth/paper cover is soiled and spine has a little foxing. Dustjacket has minor wear, and spine is sun-faded (but title still clear). ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 311 pages.
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- Title
- Staking a Claim Jake Simmons and the Making of an African-American Oil Dynasty
- Author
- Greenberg, Jonathan D.
- Publisher
- Atheneum
- Publication year
- 1990
- Condition
- Very Good
- Dust jacket
- Very Good-
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0689117914
- ISBN 13
- 9780689117916
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From the Back Cover
-John H. Johnson, publisher, Ebony Magazine
"A marvelous story of a fascinating family, superbly told."
-David J. Garrow, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of "Bearing the Cross"
"The saga of Jake Simmons, our first black oil entrepreneur, is a remarkable story of one man's pride, courage and determination to challenge and achieve success in two of the world's most hostile arenas -- the international oil business and the field of human rights -- and we are all the better for it."
-Armand Hammer, CEO, Occidental Petroleum Corporation
"Staking a Claim tells a fascinating story of a remarkable man and his family while giving a rare glimpse into a unique frontier society previously known only to a few scholars of American history. In the Creek Nation, prior to the statehood of Oklahoma, black citizens were presented with opportunities still foreclosed to them in much of the rest of America. This book is far more than just an interesting history of racial attitudes on the frontier. It is a celebration of the perseverance of the human spirit and the endurance of human dignity"
-David Boren, United States senator, Oklahoma
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