Dark side of fortune
Subtitle: triumph and scandal in the life of oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny
By: Margaret Leslie Davis.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Berkeley, CA; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 339
ISBN-13: 9780520229099
Subjects: Doheny, Edward L. -- 1856-1935,; Industrialists -- United States -- Biography.; Petroleum industry and trade -- United States -- History.; Petroleum industry and trade -- California, Southern -- History.; Petroleum industry and trade -- Mexico -- History.; Teapot Dome Scandal, 1921-1924.
Genres: Biography.
Description: Biography of the tarnished oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny (1856-1935). "...traces the key role that Doheny played in building the oil industry in California and in ushering in the worldwide petroleum age."
Notes: Originally published: 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Prologue: September 11, 19.5; title: Part 1: La Calavera del Conquistador; title: The young prospector Doheny; title: Her coldest welcome; title: Rivers of Black Gold; title: Spoony visits; title: The golden lane; title: Powered by oil; title: Millions made knowing how; title: Part 2: La Calavera del Comerciante; title: Perfectly legal; title: The $100,000 bagatelle; title: Gaps in the record; title: Scared rich man; title: The last appeal; title: Part 3: La Calavera del final; title: Night of terror; title: A broken and changed man; title: The final trial.