Hear the Story of How Durham Said No to an Oil Refinery

Local author David W. Moore will be speaking at the library on Wednesday, December 5 at 6:30pm about his recent book “Small Town, Big Oil: The Untold Story of the Women Who Took on the Richest Man in the World – And Won” which tells the story of the attempt in 1973 by Aristotle Onassis to build the world's largest oil refinery in the town of Durham, NH.

But three women vehemently opposed the project– Nancy Sandberg, who founded Save Our Shores; Dudley Dudley, the state rep who took the fight to the legislature; and Phyllis Bennett, the publisher of a local newspaper. “Small Town, Big Oil” tells their story. 

David W. Moore is a senior fellow of the Carsey Institute at the University of New Hampshire. A former senior editor of the Gallup Poll, where he worked for thirteen years, Moore also served as professor of political science at UNH and is the founder and former director of the UNH Survey Center. He lives in Durham, New Hampshire.David will sign copies of his book, which will be on sale at this event. Join us!