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Laxer, James

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144 pp. | Groundwood | March, 2008 | Trade ISBN 978-0-88899-815-6 $18.95 | Paper ISBN 978-0-88899-816-3 $10.00
(3) YA Groundwork Guides series. This dense and unabashedly strong-viewed introduction to the history of oil begins with the first oil wells of the mid-nineteenth century and ends with a discussion of global warming. By the final chapter, readers have traveled through the oil regions of the world and are left to contemplate, "who will consume the last barrel of oil?" Reading list, timeline. Ind.
Reviewer: Chelsey Philpot

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