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.
Warren County
O'Day, John Christopher. Oil Wells in the Woods. Deposit, NY: Oquaga Press, 1905.
Canfield, William Walker. The Spotter: A Romance of the Oil Region. New York: R. F. Fenno & Company, 1907.
Oliver, Charles H., and Harold S. [Saylor] DeLay. "646" and the Troubleman. Chicago: Rand McNally & Co, 1916.
Bloss, Edward Buell. Tales of Petrolea and Elsewhere. Philadelphia: Dorrance, 1940.
Botsford, Harry. The Valley of Oil. New York: Hastings House, 1946.
McNierney, Leon. Titusville 1859: A Novel about the Birth of the Oil Industry. New York: Vantage Press, 1958.
Lipinski, Thomas. Steel City Confessions. Carroll Dorsey mystery series, 3/4. New York: Avon Twilight Books, 1999.
Poyer, David. Thunder on the Mountain. New York: A Forge Book, 1999.
Trabish, Herman K. Oil in Their Blood. Raleigh, NC: Lulu, 2006.
Seliy, Shauna. When We Get There. New York: Bloomsbury USA, 2007.
Guy, Carol A. Spirit Lake. Spirit Lake series, 1/5. Garibaldi Highlands, BC: Devine Destinies, 2008.
Miller, Sean K. Pennsylvania’s Oil Heritage: Stories from the Headache Post. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2008.
Weakland, Brian Lee. Tonight in the Rivers of Pittsburgh. Rivers of Pittsburgh Mystery, 1/3. Tarentum, PA: Word Association Publishers, 2008.
Guy, Carol A. Echoes of the Past. Spirit Lake series, 2/5. Garibaldi Highlands, BC: Devine Destinies, 2009.
Weakland, Brian Lee. Woods on Fire. Rivers of Pittsburgh Mystery, 2/3. Tarentum, PA: Word Association Publishers, 2009.
Gallaway, Matthew. The Metropolis Case. New York: Crown Publishers, 2010.
Guy, Carol A. Slay Bells Ring. Spirit Lake series, 3/5. Garibaldi Highlands, British Columbia, Canada: Devine Destinies, 2010.
Guy, Carol A. House of Secrets. Spirit Lake series, 4/5. Garibaldi Highlands, British Columbia, Canada: Devine Destinies, 2010.
Young, John L. From Pithole to Paradise: How the Wickedest Man in the World Found God. Russell, PA: Windy Knoll Books, 2012.
Guy, Carol A. Vows of Silence. Spirit Lake series, 5/5. Garibaldi Highlands, British Columbia, Canada: Devine Destinies, 2013.
Garretson, John. The Story of Billy Owen: An Historical Novel of the Great Oil Industry. New York: The Neale Publishing Company, 1918.
Miller, Florence Grauel. Our Own Pioneers. The Tribune Publishing Company: Meadville, PA, 1929.