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Q&A with Oil Cities author Henry Wiencek

Q&A with Oil Cities author Henry Wiencek

April 15, 2024

In 1904, prospectors discovered oil in the rural parishes of North Louisiana just outside Shreveport. As rural cotton fields gave way to dense, industrial centers of energy extraction, migrants from… READ MORE

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