The Iron Christmas Tree — Elroy Schwartz

An epic saga 1892 to 1923. Scott MacKellar cooked for a track laying crew on its way to Tulsa. He quit to become the chef at an elite whore house where he met the President of Farrell Oil. He joined Farrell eventually becoming general manager. He fought in the trenches in WWI, returned to rejoin Farrell's explorations in Mexico. Each woman in his life was more exciting than his first gusher.