The Devil's Hat: A Sketch in Oil

TitleThe Devil's Hat: A Sketch in Oil
Year of Publication1887
Publication TypeNovel
Number of Pages or Episodes328 p.
LanguageEnglish
AuthorsPhilips, Melville
PublisherTicknor and Company
CityBoston
Keywordsoil industry; Pennsylvania oil rush
Abstract

Two former law students, Ogden and Joyce, seek to become the first to strike oil in the Devil’s Hat—a small isolated sandy plain with volcanic disturbance of the strata.

Author Biography

Melville Philips was an author.

Time

1860s-70s