Ex-Library; 15 oz.; 253 pages; HC ex library in protected DJ book in nice clean/tight condition aged Phoenix Press '49 ED 253 pgs. More details/pics upon request. From the minute he struck the oil fields, Harry Witstow, seismograph man and geologist, found himself in the thick of excitement. The man from whom Witstow had leased the land his crew was drilling suddenly threatened to renege on his agreement. Barney Lester party chief for the powerful Amalgamated outfit, wanted to freeze Witstow out. Even the local pipe and supply dealer refuesed to sell Harry the casing he needed. When a truck driver is killed in an "freak accident" Witstow knows it was ment for him.