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9780520229099

Dark Side of Fortune

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  • ISBN13:

    9780520229099

  • ISBN10:

    0520229096

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2001-05-01
  • Publisher: Univ of California Pr

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Summary

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.

Author Biography

Margaret Leslie Davis is the author of Rivers in the Desert: William Mulholland and the Inventing of Los Angeles, 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. She is currently Communications Director at Futurestep.com

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
ix
Preface: La Calavera xiii
Prologue: September 11, 1935 1(6)
Part one LA CALAVERA DEL CONQUISTADOR
The Young Prospector Doheny
7(14)
Her Coldest Welcome
21(13)
Rivers of Black Gold
34(17)
Spoony Visits
51(10)
The Golden Lane
61(19)
Powered by Oil
80(17)
Millions Made Knowing How
97(28)
Part two LA CALAVERA DEL COMERCIANTE
Perfectly Legal
125(15)
The $100,000 Bagatelle
140(28)
Gaps in the Record
168(31)
Scared Rich Man
199(17)
The Last Appeal
216(13)
Part three LA CALAVERA DEL FINAL
Night of Terror
229(17)
A Broken and Changed Man
246(9)
The Final Trial
255(28)
Epilogue: La Calavera del Futuro 283(6)
Notes 289(26)
Bibliography 315(10)
Index 325

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