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Gib Morgan: Minstrel of the Oil Fields

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Mody C. Boatright
1945
Published by: University of North Texas Press
Series: Publications of the Texas Folklore Society
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This volume includes stories about the life of a West Texas oil driller named Gib Morgan and other folk stories about the oil industry.

Table of Contents

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Cover Page

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Oil Field Equipment Images

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Dedication

pp. iii-iv
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Portrait of Gib Morgan

pp. v-vi
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Title Page

p. vii
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Copyright Page

p. viii
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Contents

pp. ix-x
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Preface

pp. xi-xii
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The Life Gib Morgan Lived

pp. 1-2
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Gib Morgan Among the Heroes

pp. 3-6
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Where Gib Morgan Was Born and How He Grew Up

pp. 7-15
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How Gib Morgan Became the Minstrel of His Regiment

pp. 16-20
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How Gib Morgan Learned the Tricks of the Trade and Became a Driller

pp. 21-27
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How Gib Morgan Became the Wandering Minstrel of the Oil Fields

pp. 28-36
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How Gib Morgan Spent His Declining Years and How His Fame Increased

pp. 37-43
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The Mystery of Gib Morgan's Book

pp. 44-46
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Gib Morgan As An Artist

pp. 47-56
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The Tales Gib Morgan Told

p. 57
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Hogs in the Hills

pp. 58-59
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How Gib Paid a Board Bill

p. 60
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How Gib Saved a Farmer's Life

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How Gib Nearly Got a Bit

p. 61
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How Gib Got a Bit

p. 62
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Gib as Operator

p. 63
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How Gib Drilled on Pike's Peak

p. 64
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Gib on a Texas Ranch

p. 65
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Gib's Biggest Rig

p. 66
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The Buttermilk Sand

p. 67
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The Champagne Sand

p. 68
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Big Toolie

p. 69
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How Gib Lost a Fortune

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How Gib Lost Favor with the Exalted Ruler

p. 70
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How Gib Solved the Fuel Problem

p. 71
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The Shrinking Hole

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One Screw Too Many

p. 72
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How Gib Laid a Pipe Line Under the Ocean

p. 73
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The End of Big Toolie

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A Night in the Jungle

pp. 74-75
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Medicine Wells

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How Gib Discovered Strickie

p. 76
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How Strickie Bailed Out

p. 77
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How Gib Recovered His Tools

p. 78
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More Cable

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Strickie Delivers Again

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Strickie's Last Days

p. 79
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The Self-Drilling Well

p. 80
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Perpetual Motion

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How Gib Invented Rubber Boots

pp. 81-82
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How Gib Saved His Tool Dresser

p. 83
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Gib's Hardest Fishing Job

p. 84
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A Simple Solution

p. 85
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Gib's Narrowest Escape

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Gib As Manufacturer

p. 86
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Gib As Farmer

p. 87
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Cucumbers in India

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Gib As Dairyman

p. 88
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Gib's Boarding House

p. 89
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Gib's Hotel

p. 90
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Trouble with the Crown Pulley

p. 90
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Gib Morgan's Wonderful Horse

p. 91
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Torpedo's Chariot Race

p. 92
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Torpedo in Danger

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Gib Morgan's Contribution to Geology

p. 93
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Gib As Doctor

p. 94
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Gib's Guns

p. 95
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Gib's Dogs

pp. 96-97
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Gib in Russia

p. 98
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Gib As Fisherman

p. 99
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Gib Morgan's Fight

p. 100
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Appendix

p. 101
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Some Stories by Gib Morgan

pp. 102-104
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Oil Field Equipment Images

pp. 105-111
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National Endowment for the Humanities Funding Information

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Back Cover

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