MID;LAND/ODESSA!  For all of the latest updates regarding these books, please tune to 1330 AM ("Kickin' Country") KCKM Monahans.  This will be the Permian Basin's broadcast home for everything you want to know about these books. IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT 28 NOVEMBER 2025: There are no plans to resume in-person events for the foreseeable future.  I acknowledge the brick-and-mortar booksellers, with thanks, who have been kind enough to carry one or more of my titles in their shops.    IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT 19 DECEMBER 2025: Effective at 6PM tonight, I have terminated all associations with all media outlets based in Lubbock, Texas.  I am grateful to the few who have been supportive of efforts to promote these books and wish them well.  Going forward, the Seminole Sentinel and the Levelland-Hockley County News-Press will remain the de facto media outlets for Lubbock and the South Plains.   There are no plans at this time to resume or reinstate partnerships with any Lubbock-based media outlets.  Under no circumstances will the following media outlets be considered at any time for promotion, advertising, media coverage, or any other use of my books, nor for any use of my name, image, and likeness in any way, shape, or form: -KTTZ-TV 5 (PBS, Lubbock) -KCBD-TV 11 (NBC, Lubbock) -KLBK-TV 13 (CBS, Lubbock) -KMYL-LD 14 (MyNetworkTV, Lubbock) -KLCW-TV 22 (The CW, Lubbock) -KAMC-TV 28 (ABC, Lubbock) -KJTV-TV 34 (Fox, Lubbock) -KXTQ-CD 46 (Telemundo, Lubbock) -KBZO-LD 51 (Univision, Lubbock) -The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal (Lubbock, TX)   Also, I have suspended all on-campus visits with Texas Tech University indefinitely or for at least 90 days, pending review.  Any reinstatement of ties with Texas Tech University that might become necessary will be considered if there are extenuating circumstances.    Matthew Day (the host of this podcast) is the author of 30 books dealing with petroleum history--or, at least, some form of petroleum history.  These books include his latest, Vantage Point I,; Vantage Point II; Border Crude; and Lubbock, Levelland, Baghdad, Washington, as well as - -Refiner on the Rise -Local Roots, Global Prospects -The Sale -Witness to History -What Is Success?-Frank Conselman: A Geologist's Life (books I, II, and III)-Fueling Victory at Home- How to Read Oil History If You're an Average Joe- Accidental Resurgence?-A Cattle King on the Move-SUPERFIELD (Books I and II)-The Oil Empire That Wasn't (books I and II)- The Great and Unheralded George Bean-The Other Mastersons Fueling Victory at Home (shown in picture) won the 2020 Best Indie Book Award--Nonfiction--US History category. With a family heritage of more than half a century on the South Plains, Day lives in--and writes from--Lubbock, Texas. Books are available for purchase at www.amazon.com/author/matthewmday/  and at select brick-and-mortar stores. Link to a couple of podcast interviews: Robert Pratt, Pratt on Texas, Podcast Extra (Lubbock/Abilene, TX) Podcast Extra: Author Matthew Day talks history of oil business in West Texas Drop me a line: Business inquiries: officialmatthewmdaybooks@gmail.com  (preferred method for discussions with me relating to these books) Press inquiries: matthewmdaybooks.pressinquiries@gmail.commore