The Iron Orchard - Softcover

Pendleton, Tom

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0875657400 ISBN 13: 9780875657400

Verlag: TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIV PR, 2019

Inhaltsangabe

Originally published in 1966 under the pen name Tom Pendleton, The Iron Orchard garnered a cult following for its authentic representation of the people and the industry in the oil fields of Texas and the American Southwest. Now available again in a new edition, The Iron Orchard tells the story of a young Texan, Jim McNeely, who is desperate to make a name for himself in the oil fields of Texas. Told from the inside by a man who knew the oil fields intimately, it is a vibrant, brutal story of the men who labored, sweated, lusted, and gambled their money and spirits to pump oil out of the earth. It is the adventure of violent men among other violent men. And it is the story of perseverance and love in the midst of one of America’s most dramatic industries. The Iron Orchard is magnificent and memorable reading.

The Iron Orchard was a co-winner of the 1967 Texas Institute of Letters Jesse H. Jones Award for Best Work of Fiction, along with Larry McMurtry’s The Last Picture Show. The Iron Orchard film premiered at the 2018 Dallas International Film Festival.

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The late Texan EDMUND PENDLETON VAN ZANDT JR. published The Iron Orchard under the pen name Tom Pendleton. Van Zandt, a member of the prominent Fort Worth Van Zandt family, lived through many of the oil field experiences he described in this book.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIV PR
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2019
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 0875657400
• ISBN 13: 9780875657400
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 424
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