Crude Death

America in 1968 seemed to be falling apart. From the unpopular Vietnam War to the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy, the social upheaval was energizing the countercultureas anti-establishment movement. Yet while people in Andrews, Texas, knew of the problems, their daily lives were largely absent of protesters, hippies and debate over the war. The blue-collared oilfield town tended to family, jobs, and church although for kids at Andrews High School it was all about dragging Main Street. Kids dragged Main nightly looking for the latest gossip, while high school football and a winning record took on an air of almost life-or-death importance. Meanwhile, with oil sitting at a whopping $3 a barrel, some plotted get-rich schemes that meant eliminating any and all obstacles. And two high school sweethearts who unwittingly witness a related murder are suddenly drawn into the tangled web of a very crude death.