# Oil!

Author: Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968

Genre: Category: Novels

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/70379

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Oil%21+Sinclair&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

The road ran, smooth and flawless, precisely fourteen feet wide, the edges trimmed as if by shears, a ribbon of grey concrete, rolled out over the valley by a giant hand. The ground went in long waves, a slow ascent and then a sudden dip; you climbed, and went swiftly over—but you had no fear, for you knew the magic ribbon would be there, clear of obstructions, unmarred by bump or scar, waiting the passage of inflated rubber wheels revolving seven times a second. The cold wind of morning whistled by, a storm of motion, a humming and roaring with ever-shifting overtones; but you sat snug behind a tilted wind-shield, which slid the gale up over your head. Sometimes you liked to put your han...

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER XXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/oil-70379/chapters/21/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/oil-70379/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/oil-70379/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/oil-70379/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/oil-70379/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/oil-70379/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/oil-70379/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/oil-70379/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/oil-70379/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/oil-70379/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/oil-70379/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/oil-70379/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/oil-70379/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/oil-70379/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/oil-70379/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/oil-70379/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/oil-70379/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/oil-70379/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/oil-70379/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/oil-70379/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/oil-70379/chapters/20/index.md)