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Leonhart, Rudolph. Tononqua: The Pride of the Wyandots. Akron, OH: Werner & Lohmann, 1886.
Bloomfield, Will J. Fay Banning. Chicago: Dibble Publishing Company, 1893.
O'Day, John Christopher. Oil Wells in the Woods. Deposit, NY: Oquaga Press, 1905.
Thorpe, Francis Newton. The Divining Rod: A Story of the Oil Regions. Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1905.
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.
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.
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.
Goscinny, René, and Morris [Maurice De Bevere]. A l’ombre Des Derricks: Les Aventures De Lucky Luke. Paris: Dargaud, 1968.
Caldwell, Taylor. Captains and Kings. Garden City, NY: Doubleday & Company, Inc, 1972.
Trabish, Herman K. Oil in Their Blood. Raleigh, NC: Lulu, 2006.
Yund, Bill. Cooper’s Walk: An Illustrated Tale of Pennsylvania Labor. Homestead, PA: Steel Valley Printers, 2006.
Aites, Richard W. The Legend of Coal Oil Johnny. Lincoln, NE: iUniverse, 2007.
Goscinny, René, and Morris [Maurice De Bevere]. In the Shadow of the Derricks. Translated by Luke Spear. Lucky Luke Adventure series, 5/76. Ashford, Kent, UK: Cinebook, 2007.
Kraus, Terri. The Renovation. Project Restoration trilogy, 1/3. Colorado Springs, CO: David C. Cook, 2008.
Miller, Sean K. Pennsylvania’s Oil Heritage: Stories from the Headache Post. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2008.