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Item Weight: 1.37 lbs
Book Title: Taking of Getty Oil : Pennzoil, Texaco, and the Takeover Battle That Made History
Item Length: 8in
Item Width: 5.2in
Author: Steve Coll
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Business & Financial, Mergers & Acquisitions, Industries / Energy, Petroleum, Corporate & Business History
Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
Publication Year: 2017
Genre: Technology & Engineering, Law, Business & Economics
Number of Pages: 550 Pages
