Memories of a Texas Oilman

$16.99

Memories of a Texas Oilman

By John R. Thompson

Abilene oilman John R. Thompson’s Memories of a Texas Oilman ($16.99 paperback) sold out when we had a book signing for him in December, but his freewheeling memoir is back in stock, and we have plenty of copies available.

“These stories are true,” Thompson writes. “Well, maybe a little Mark Twain true in some places.”

Thompson, now 94, began working in the oilfield as a roughneck at age 16. He spent two years in the US Navy, then graduated from the University of Oklahoma with a degree in Petroleum Engineering.

He spent 12 years gaining experience before starting his own company. He says he “found a lot of oil, and had a lot of fun.”

Paperback. 406 pages.