Owen Oxley, an American who grew up in England, spent the years between 1950 and 1955 documenting in photographs, every aspect of life in Arabia: the exploration crews in the desert, Saudi 'roughnecks' learning how to drill for oil; recording the daily life of families coping with challenges never faced before; working with the Saudi Government and members of the Royal Family. The exceptional photographs in this book, along with the revealing essays, provide a rare glimpse of life in Saudi Arabia, one of the richest - and most complex - nations in the world.