Trainer, George Francis. The Life and Adventures of Ben Hogan, The Wickedest Man in the World: Containing a Full Account of His Thrillings and Remarkable Experiences, Together With a Complete Report of His Triumphs in the Prize Ring, and His Career in the Oil Regions, in the Far West, and on the Sea. New York: Self published, 1878.
Crawford County
Eaton, Samuel John Mills. Lakeside: A Memorial of the Planting of the Church in Northwestern Pennsylvania. Pittsburgh: Presbyterian Board of Colportage, 1880.
McMichael, William. Konneautt Lake: A Story of Early Times in North-Western Pennsylvania. New York: W. B. Smith & Co, 1882.
Philips, Melville. The Devil’s Hat: A Sketch in Oil. Boston: Ticknor and Company, 1887.
Bloomfield, Will J. Fay Banning. Chicago: Dibble Publishing Company, 1893.
Bloomfield, Will J. Transplanting an Old Tree. New York: Isaac H. Blanchard Company, 1901.
Slease, Clyde H., and Buell B. Whitehill, eds. Allegheny Stories: A Collection of Stories of Allegheny College Life. Meadville, PA: McCoy & Calvin, 1902.
Thorpe, Francis Newton. The Divining Rod: A Story of the Oil Regions. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1905.
Canfield, William Walker. The Spotter: A Romance of the Oil Region. New York: R. F. Fenno & Company, 1907.
Hall, Inez A. Ellison. A Romance of Lake Conneaut, or All Is Well That Ends Well. Boston: The Christopher Publishing House, 1932.
Swanson, Neil H. The Judas Tree. New York: G. P. Putman’s Sons, 1933.
Bloss, Edward Buell. Tales of Petrolea and Elsewhere. Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1940.
Stainbrook, Reuben E. [Elmer]. Flaming River: A Tale of the Great Titusville Oil Fire of 1892. Meadville, PA: The Tribune Publishing Company, 1940.
Lindstrom, E. George. Out of the Sand. Cleveland, OH: High Twelve Publishing, 1943.
Botsford, Harry. The Valley of Oil. New York: Hastings House, 1946.
Eyssen, Marguerite. Go-Devil. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1947.
Bach, Marcus. Timothy Alden. Meadville, PA: Allegheny College, 1948.
Fox, Amy. Kim Dawson. Doubleday: Garden City, NY, 1950.
Sanders, Margaret Webb, and Robert Henneberger. The Year of the Mintie May. New York: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, 1954.
Parker, Cornelia Stratton. Fabulous Valley. New York: G. P. Putnam Sons, 1956.
Sorensen, Virginia, Joe Krush, and Beth Krush. Miracles on Maple Hill. New York: Harcourt Brace, 1956.
McNierney, Leon. Titusville 1859: A Novel about the Birth of the Oil Industry. New York: Vantage Press, 1958.
Dobler, Lavinia G. Black Gold at Titusville. New York: Dodd, Mead, and Co, 1959.
Kern, Alfred. The Width of Waters. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1959.