Dark Side of Fortune - Triumph and Scandal in the Life of Oil Tycoon Edward L. Doheny

Informationen zum Autor Margaret Leslie Davis is the author of Rivers in the Desert: William Mulholland and the Inventing of Los Angeles (1993)! winner of the Western Writers of America Golden Spur Award for Best Nonfiction Book. Davis is a California lawyer and graduate of Georgetown University. She is the former editor of Arts and Humanities at the Excite Network. Klappentext This well-written biography of the man behind the oil industry in both southern California and Mexico covers not only the rags-to-riches story of Edward Doheny, but also his involvement in the Teapot Dome corruption scandals of the 1920s as well as his controversial personal life. Zusammenfassung A biography that follows Edward L Doheny's story from his days as an itinerant prospector in the dangerous jungles of Mexico, where he built the $100-million oil empire that ushered in the new era of petroleum. But it was a tale that ended in tragedy, when Doheny was embroiled in the notorious Teapot Dome scandal.

Product details

• Authors: Margaret L. Davis, Margaret Leslie Davis, Davis Margaret Leslie
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 22.05.2001
• EAN: 9780520229099
• ISBN: 978-0-520-22909-9
• No. of pages: 357
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; Social sciences, law, business > Business > General, dictionaries; History, Local History, History of the Americas, US West