# Harvey Manning — Oil! character guide

> Harvey Manning in Oil! by Upton Sinclair.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Harvey, Verne, Harve, Harve, poor Harvey

**First appearance:** 0001-oil

## Who they are

A friend or colleague of Vernon Roscoe.

## Relationships

### [Bunny Ross](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oil_se/characters/bunny_ross)

_professional_

Bunny and Harvey have a professional relationship, with Harvey as a colleague or business associate in the oil fields.

### [Dad Ross](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oil_se/characters/dad_ross)

_professional_

Dad Ross and Harvey Manning are business partners or employer-employee in the oil industry, with mutual respect.

### [Bunny Ross](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oil_se/characters/bunny_ross)

_professional_

Bunny and Harvey have a professional relationship, with Harvey as a colleague or business associate in the oil fields.

### [Dad Ross](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oil_se/characters/dad_ross)

_professional_

Dad Ross and Harvey Manning are business partners or employer-employee in the oil industry, with mutual respect.

### [Bunny Ross](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oil_se/characters/bunny_ross)

_professional_

Bunny and Harvey have a professional relationship, with Harvey as a colleague or business associate in the oil fields.

### [Dad Ross](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oil_se/characters/dad_ross)

_professional_

Dad Ross and Harvey Manning are business partners or employer-employee in the oil industry, with mutual respect.

## In the story

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oil_se/chapters/iii)

A friend from an old California family, he jokes with Bunny about an uncle trying to put him in jail for red-hunting.

### [V](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oil_se/chapters/v)

Gives Bunny a tour of the estate, though he is blasé and drinks heavily.

### [VIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oil_se/chapters/viii)

Wails about wanting to get drunk at the Hellfire Dome.

### [IX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oil_se/chapters/ix)

Drunk and paranoid, demands to know what others are saying about him, then is forcibly removed to bed by the superintendent.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oil_se/chapters/xii)

Referred to as 'Harve' who knows Tessie Thatcher and could provide more information about her.

### [III](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oil_se/chapters/iii)

Mentioned as 'Verne', Dad's partner in the oil game.

### [VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oil_se/chapters/vii)

Gets drunk, sits on Bunny's knee, and worries that Bunny's muckraking friends will expose his drinking to his uncle.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/oil_se/chapters/xii)

Recalled as asleep in his chair at the Admiralty Hotel.

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