SINCLAIR, Upton.
Oil! A Novel.
"Their frail human nature was subjected to a strain greater than it was made for; the fires of greed had been lighted in their hearts, and fanned to a white heat that melted every principle and every law": Oil! A Novel; Inscribed by Upton Sinclair
Long Beach, CA: Published by the Author, 1927.
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Early printing of Upton Sinclair's self-published social and political satire and the basis for the film 'There Will be Blood' starring Daniel Day Lewis. Presentation copy, inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper, "To William McDougall with kindest regards Upton Sinclair." The recipient, Professor William MacDougall who was a renowned 20th century psychologist, wrote the introduction to another of Sinclair's work on telepathy: 'Mental Radio: Does it Work, and How,' which documents Sinclair's test of the psychic abilities of his second wife while she was in a state of profound depression. Octavo, original cloth. In good condition with rubbing to the extremities, sunning to the spine. Rare and desirable signed and inscribed.
This sweeping panorama of Southern California provides a tremendously absorbing portrait of the early tycoons of the American oil industry through the eyes of Bunny Ross, son of a genial independent oil operator. "A splendid, honest, clean attempt at a real interpretation of our age" (Walter Prichard Eaton). The story served as the primary inspiration for the 2007 film 'There Will Be Blood,' written and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson and starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Paul Dano.
Oil! A Novel.
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