Author Adam Wyatt

Adam Wyatt

Adam recently graduated as a PhD researcher at King’s College London, with a thesis titled “A Natural Tendency: The Texan Environment and Cultural Identity in US Cinema.” Adam’s research interests lie in classical and contemporary US cinema, ecocriticism, spatial theory and cultural geography.

Baron Lands: Environmental Upheaval and the Texas Oil Movie

May 2021

Feature Articles

The first gusher in Texas erupted over Spindletop, Beaumont in 1901 and took prospectors and engineers two full days to cap. By day ten, Spindletop produced 38 million gallons of oil which covered the prairiela...