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Doodlebugs and Dowsers A Histo
Language: English
Published by Texas Tech University Press, 2023
ISBN 10: 1682831779 ISBN 13: 9781682831779
Seller: World of Books (was SecondSale), Montgomery, IL, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc.
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Doodlebugs and Dowsers: A History of Unusual Ways to Search for Oil
Language: English
Published by Texas Tech University Press, 2023
ISBN 10: 1682831779 ISBN 13: 9781682831779
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Doodlebugs and Dowsers : A History of Unusual Ways to Search for Oil
Language: English
Published by Texas Tech University Press, 2023
ISBN 10: 1682831779 ISBN 13: 9781682831779
Condition: New.
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Doodlebugs and Dowsers: A History of Unusual Ways to Search for Oil (Paperback or Softback)
Language: English
Published by Texas Tech University Press 10/5/2023, 2023
ISBN 10: 1682831779 ISBN 13: 9781682831779
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Doodlebugs and Dowsers : A History of Unusual Ways to Search for Oil
Language: English
Published by Texas Tech University Press, 2023
ISBN 10: 1682831779 ISBN 13: 9781682831779
Condition: As New. Unread book in perfect condition.
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Doodlebugs and Dowsers
Language: English
Published by Texas A and M University Press, US, 2023
ISBN 10: 1682831779 ISBN 13: 9781682831779
Seller: Rarewaves.com USA, London, LONDO, United Kingdom
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Paperback. Condition: New. What lies beneath the ground? Our poor eyesight cannot penetrate even an inch into the soil, so for centuries, fortune-seekers have tried every way imaginable to see below the surface. Whether searching for mineral veins, groundwater, or buried treasure, people have looked for ways to avoid the plodding and backbreaking process of digging. They have followed dreams, seers, dowsing rods, and advice from the spirit world. When petroleum became an item of commerce, oil-hunters took to all these methods. Many built homemade inventions called doodlebugs, which they said could detect underground oil. It took a while, but science finally came up with its own toolbox of oil-finding methods in the early twentieth century. Finding oil is still expensive and risky, however. The old ways? They are mostly gone, but a few oil-dowsers still stride across fields with rod or pendulum, and no doubt people still consult dreams and psychics. And don't pretend that you yourself haven't wondered if that dowser might be onto something, or if that famous psychic can really tell where there is oil, or if that inventor stumbled onto a better way to detect underground oil. Of course you have. History is written by the victors, and scientists won over the oil industry-rightly so. But their accounts give short shrift to the rich history of less traditional ways to find oil. Although ignored, the records of nonscientific methods and their contributions to the oil business are well worthy of study. Lacking in science, they are rich in humanity. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear . . . wait, scratch that . . . these things are still going on. Join us in a visit to a place where dreams, seers, and spooks are taken seriously, where forked twigs dip toward oil pools and homemade oil-finding gizmos blink or beep with the promise of riches tucked just below the surface of the known world.
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Doodlebugs and Dowsers
Language: English
Published by Texas Tech University Press, 2023
ISBN 10: 1682831779 ISBN 13: 9781682831779
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A Hole in the Ground with a Liar at the Top: Fraud and Deceit in the Golden Age of American Mining
Language: English
Published by The University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, 2014
ISBN 10: 1607810204 ISBN 13: 9781607810209
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Trade Paperback. Condition: NF. 2nd Printing. Wrappers. White rear cover, white and slate blue spine white front cover with illustration and photography are all clean, bright, and glossy. Book has just the faintest trace of rubbing at the tail of the spine and at the extreme tips of the outside corners. Binding is straight and tight. Pages are all clean, white, and crisp. 374 pages. Illustrations and photographs here and there throughout. Not terribly copy; a lovely copy!
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A Hole in the Ground with a Liar at the Top
Language: English
Published by University of Utah Press,U.S., US, 2010
ISBN 10: 1607810204 ISBN 13: 9781607810209
Seller: Rarewaves.com USA, London, LONDO, United Kingdom
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Paperback. Condition: New. Coal, silver, gold. There is something about the allure of hidden treasure that puts a glint in people's eyes. By gathering such familiar stories as that of Nevada's infamous Comstock Lode with a succession of lesser-known scandals, Dan Plazak provides an entertaining and informative volume that delightfully investigates the history of mining frauds in the United States from the Civil War to World War I.
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A Hole in the Ground with a Liar at the Top (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by University of Utah Press,U.S., Salt Lake City, 2010
ISBN 10: 1607810204 ISBN 13: 9781607810209
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Coal, silver, gold. There is something about the allure of hidden treasure that puts a glint in peoples eyes. By gathering such familiar stories as that of Nevadas infamous Comstock Lode with a succession of lesser-known scandals, Dan Plazak provides an entertaining and informative volume that delightfully investigates the history of mining frauds in the United States from the Civil War to World War I. There is something about the allure of hidden treasure that puts a glint in peoples eyes. By gathering such familiar stories as that of Nevadas infamous Comstock Lode with a succession of lesser-known scandals, Dan Plazak provides an entertaining volume that investigates the history of mining frauds in the US from the Civil War to World War I. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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A Hole in the Ground with a Liar at the Top: Fraud and Deceit in the Golden Age of American Mining (eng)
Language: English
Published by University of Utah Press, 2010
ISBN 10: 1607810204 ISBN 13: 9781607810209
Condition: new.
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A Hole in the Ground with a Liar at the Top - Fraud and Deceit in the Golden Age of American Mining
Language: English
Published by MP-UTA Univ of Utah Press, 2010
ISBN 10: 1607810204 ISBN 13: 9781607810209
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Doodlebugs and Dowsers: A History of Unusual Ways to Search for Oil (eng)
Language: English
Published by Texas Tech University Press, 2023
ISBN 10: 1682831779 ISBN 13: 9781682831779
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A Hole in the Ground with a Liar at the Top
Language: English
Published by University of Utah Press, 2010
ISBN 10: 1607810204 ISBN 13: 9781607810209
Condition: New. pp. 384 22 Illus.
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Doodlebugs and Dowsers: A History of Unusual Ways to Search for Oil
Language: English
Published by Texas Tech University Press, 2023
ISBN 10: 1682831779 ISBN 13: 9781682831779
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A Hole in the Ground with a Liar at the Top: Fraud and Deceit in the Golden Age of American Mining
Language: English
Published by University of Utah Press, 2010
ISBN 10: 1607810204 ISBN 13: 9781607810209
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Condition: New. An entertaining and informative volume that investigates the history of mining frauds in the U.S. from the Civil War to World War I Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590. . 2010. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . .
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Doodlebugs and Dowsers : A History of Unusual Ways to Search for Oil
Language: English
Published by Texas Tech University Press, 2023
ISBN 10: 1682831779 ISBN 13: 9781682831779
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A Hole in the Ground with a Liar at the Top: Fraud and Deceit in the Golden Age of American Mining
Language: English
Published by University of Utah Press, 2010
ISBN 10: 1607810204 ISBN 13: 9781607810209
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Doodlebugs and Dowsers: A History of Unusual Ways to Search for Oil
Language: English
Published by Texas Tech University Press, 2023
ISBN 10: 1682831779 ISBN 13: 9781682831779
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A Hole in the Ground with a Liar at the Top: Fraud and Deceit in the Golden Age of American Mining
Language: English
Published by University of Utah Press, 2010
ISBN 10: 1607810204 ISBN 13: 9781607810209
Condition: New. An entertaining and informative volume that investigates the history of mining frauds in the U.S. from the Civil War to World War I Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; RNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590. . 2010. 1st Edition. Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.
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Doodlebugs and Dowsers : A History of Unusual Ways to Search for Oil
Language: English
Published by Texas Tech University Press, 2023
ISBN 10: 1682831779 ISBN 13: 9781682831779
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A Hole in the Ground with a Liar at the Top
Language: English
Published by University of Utah Press, 2010
ISBN 10: 1607810204 ISBN 13: 9781607810209
Condition: New. pp. 384.
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A Hole in the Ground with a Liar at the Top: Fraud and Deceit in the Golden Age of American Mining
Language: English
Published by University of Utah Press,U.S., 2010
ISBN 10: 1607810204 ISBN 13: 9781607810209
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A Hole in the Ground with a Liar at the Top: Fraud and Deceit in the Golden Age of American Mining
Language: English
Published by University of Utah Press, Salt Lake City, Utah, 2005
ISBN 10: 0874808405 ISBN 13: 9780874808407
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A Hole in the Ground with a Liar at the Top: Fraud and Deceit in the Golden Age of American Mining
Language: English
Published by University of Utah Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0874808405 ISBN 13: 9780874808407
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A Hole in the Ground with a Liar at the Top (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by University of Utah Press,U.S., Salt Lake City, 2010
ISBN 10: 1607810204 ISBN 13: 9781607810209
Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Coal, silver, gold. There is something about the allure of hidden treasure that puts a glint in peoples eyes. By gathering such familiar stories as that of Nevadas infamous Comstock Lode with a succession of lesser-known scandals, Dan Plazak provides an entertaining and informative volume that delightfully investigates the history of mining frauds in the United States from the Civil War to World War I. There is something about the allure of hidden treasure that puts a glint in peoples eyes. By gathering such familiar stories as that of Nevadas infamous Comstock Lode with a succession of lesser-known scandals, Dan Plazak provides an entertaining volume that investigates the history of mining frauds in the US from the Civil War to World War I. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.
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A Hole in the Ground with a Liar at the Top: Fraud and Deceit in the Golden Age of American Mining
Language: English
Published by University of Utah Press, 2006
ISBN 10: 0874808405 ISBN 13: 9780874808407
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Doodlebugs and Dowsers
Language: English
Published by Texas A and M University Press, US, 2023
ISBN 10: 1682831779 ISBN 13: 9781682831779
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Add to basketPaperback. Condition: New. What lies beneath the ground? Our poor eyesight cannot penetrate even an inch into the soil, so for centuries, fortune-seekers have tried every way imaginable to see below the surface. Whether searching for mineral veins, groundwater, or buried treasure, people have looked for ways to avoid the plodding and backbreaking process of digging. They have followed dreams, seers, dowsing rods, and advice from the spirit world. When petroleum became an item of commerce, oil-hunters took to all these methods. Many built homemade inventions called doodlebugs, which they said could detect underground oil. It took a while, but science finally came up with its own toolbox of oil-finding methods in the early twentieth century. Finding oil is still expensive and risky, however. The old ways? They are mostly gone, but a few oil-dowsers still stride across fields with rod or pendulum, and no doubt people still consult dreams and psychics. And don't pretend that you yourself haven't wondered if that dowser might be onto something, or if that famous psychic can really tell where there is oil, or if that inventor stumbled onto a better way to detect underground oil. Of course you have. History is written by the victors, and scientists won over the oil industry-rightly so. But their accounts give short shrift to the rich history of less traditional ways to find oil. Although ignored, the records of nonscientific methods and their contributions to the oil business are well worthy of study. Lacking in science, they are rich in humanity. Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear . . . wait, scratch that . . . these things are still going on. Join us in a visit to a place where dreams, seers, and spooks are taken seriously, where forked twigs dip toward oil pools and homemade oil-finding gizmos blink or beep with the promise of riches tucked just below the surface of the known world.
