Black Gold 1950

Bright Danger 1941

When Oil Ran Red 1952

Oil field fiction.  Bright Danger (1941), Black Gold (1950), and When Oil Ran Red (1952).

Bright Danger includes the fictional towns of Beauport and Saragossa; most probably taken from the Texas boomtowns of Beaumont and Saratoga.  A “vigorous yarn about one of the most dangerous jobs in the world – the job of putting out oil well fires.” (Bright Danger)