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American Oil Company
Known better as the company behind the Amoco brand, this corporate author produced practical travel guides that doubled as smart, easygoing introductions to American places and history. Its Boston guide gives a glimpse of how one business used publishing to connect with motorists in the early automobile era.
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Historical Tours in and about Boston Compliments of American Oil Company
by American Oil Company
About the author
American Oil Company was not an individual writer but a corporate author, best known as the business behind the Amoco name. Project Gutenberg lists it as the author of Historical Tours in and about Boston, a guide created for visitors exploring the city, and the text itself says it was designed for travelers' convenience.
That fits with the company's broader public identity in the early 20th century. Amoco's own history traces the American Oil Company name to Baltimore, where the business was founded by Louis Blaustein and his son Jacob, and later grew into one of the major names in American fuel and service stations.
As an "author," then, American Oil Company is interesting because it shows how businesses sometimes published books not for literary fame, but to help travelers, build goodwill, and associate their brand with mobility and modern life. If you enjoy forgotten travel guides and unusual pieces of publishing history, its work offers a small but memorable window into that world.