TY - SER
KW - Oil Creek Flood of 1892
KW - love triangles
KW - oil industry
AU - John Christopher O'Day
AB - A love triangle in the oil region during the flood and fire of 1892. Driller John Payne is in love with Nina Smedley, whose wealthy father forces her into an unhappy marriage with tycoon George Weatherbee.
C1 - 1860s-90s
C3 - Venango County; Oil Creek (tributary); Allegheny River; Oil City; Oil Exchange building; Arlington Hotel; Clarion County; Clarion River; St. Petersburg; McKean County; Bradford; Warren County; Clarendon; Cherry Grove
C4 - Historical; Labor; Literary; Romance
CY - Deposit, NY
LA - English
M3 - Novel
N2 - A love triangle in the oil region during the flood and fire of 1892. Driller John Payne is in love with Nina Smedley, whose wealthy father forces her into an unhappy marriage with tycoon George Weatherbee.
PB - Oquaga Press
PP - Deposit, NY
PY - 1905
RN - John Christopher O'Day (1867-1945) was born in Dunkirk, New York. A physician, O'Day practiced in Oil City, Venango County before moving to Honolulu, where he served as surgeon to Queen Liliʻuokalani.
EP - 359 p.
TI - Oil Wells in the Woods
ER -