IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT 11 JANUARY 2025: Buy a good book, and help a good cause. From now until August 31, $1 of my royalties from every book you buy from Amazon.com (any of the 26 books) will go to Lubbock's Meals on Wheels. #DoIt4MaPat Patricia Louise (Murray) "MaPat" Day 23 August 1936-3 January 2025 Matthew Day (the host of this podcast) is the author of 26 books dealing with petroleum history--or, at least, some form of petroleum history.  These books include his latest, Refiner on the Rise, as well as -Local Roots, Global Prospects -The Sale -Witness to History -What Is Success?-Frank Conselman: A Geologist's Life (books I, II, and III)-Fueling Victory at Home- How to Read Oil History If You're an Average Joe- Accidental Resurgence?-A Cattle King on the Move-SUPERFIELD (Books I and II)-The Oil Empire That Wasn't (books I and II)- The Great and Unheralded George Bean-The Other Mastersons Fueling Victory at Home (shown in picture) won the 2020 Best Indie Book Award--Nonfiction--US History category. With a family heritage of more than half a century on the South Plains, Day lives in--and writes from--Lubbock, Texas. Books are available for purchase at www.amazon.com/author/matthewmday/  and at select brick-and-mortar stores. Link to a couple of podcast interviews: Robert Pratt, Pratt on Texas, Podcast Extra (Lubbock/Abilene, TX) Podcast Extra: Author Matthew Day talks history of oil business in West Texas Dawn Morgan, Media Meeting, (Hobbs, NM) Media Meeting 10-15-23 | Free Podcasts | Podomatic" Drop me a line: Business inquiries: officialmatthewmdaybooks@gmail.com  (preferred method for discussions with me relating to these books) Press inquiries: matthewmdaybooks.pressinquiries@gmail.comless