TY - SER KW - Roman Catholics KW - physicians KW - Pennsylvania oil rush KW - Holland Land Company KW - horse racing KW - oil industry KW - mayors AU - Edward Buell Bloss AB - Twenty-one short stories, most of which are set in the Western Pennsylvania oil region. C1 - 1800s C3 - Allegheny Mountains; Allegheny River; Allegheny County; Oil Creek (tributary); Pittsburgh; Crawford County; Oil Creek Twp.; Titusville; Elk County; Ridgway; McKean County; Kane; Venango County; Pleasantville; Cornplanter Twp.; Pithole; Oleopolis; Warren C C4 - Historical CY - Philadelphia LA - English M3 - Short Stories N2 - Twenty-one short stories, most of which are set in the Western Pennsylvania oil region. PB - Dorrance PP - Philadelphia PY - 1940 RN - Edward Buell Bloss (1870-1941), born and raised in Titusville, Crawford County, graduated from Phillips Exeter and Harvard. He practiced law in New York City and is buried in Titusville. EP - 204 p. TI - Tales of Petrolea and Elsewhere ER -