TY - SER KW - oil industry AU - George Henry Higgins AU - Margaret Higgins Haffey AB - After a series of hardships, Ashton Walbridge forms a bond with the Underwood family, and together they survive several more misadventures. C1 - 1870s C3 - McKean County; Bradford; Smethport; Foster Twp.; Sawyer City; Allegheny County; Pittsburgh C4 - Literary CY - Boston LA - English M3 - Novel N1 - Margaret Higgins Haffey, George Henry Higgins’ sister, discovered and completed the unfinished manuscript after her brother’s death. N2 - After a series of hardships, Ashton Walbridge forms a bond with the Underwood family, and together they survive several more misadventures. PB - The C. M. Clark Publishing Co. PP - Boston PY - 1909 RN - George Henry Higgins (1852-1905), born in Spartansburg, Crawford County, was a well known attorney in the Erie area. Higgins served as district attorney of Warren County, and unsuccessfully ran for judge and the U.S. House of Representatives. Margaret Higgins Haffey (1856-1917), born in Crawford County and educated at Corry Academy, lived much of her life in Bradford, McKean County. EP - 382 p. TI - Tract Number 3377: A Romance of the Oil Region ER -