Dark Side of Fortune
Subtitle: Triumph and Scandal in the Life of Oil Tycoon Edward L. Doheny
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: February 5, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 440
ISBN-13: 9780520229099
Subjects: Biography: general; Petroleum & oil industries; United States - 20th Century; Business; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Biography/Autobiography; Mexico; USA; Industries - General; History / General; General
First sentence: In later years,praising the rugged origins of Edward Doheny, by then a wealthy oilman far from his frontier days, publisher B.C. ("Bertie") Forbes claimed the young Doheny preferred outdoor life to indoor comforts: "Rarely did prospector Doheny sleep under other ceiling than the wide heavens.