The great LosAngeles swindle
Subtitle: oil, stocks, and scandal during the Roaring Twenties
By: Jules Tygiel.
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Berkeley, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 398
Subjects: Julian Petroleum Corporation.; Petroleum industry and trade -- Corrupt practices -- California -- Los Angeles.
Description: Here is a saga of the roaring twenties, with its glorification of business, its get-rich-quick mentality, and its paucity of government regulation--which bred speculation, corruption, and corporate chaos throughout the country. The Great Los Angeles Swindle exposes the schemes of C. C. Julian and his Julian Petroleum Corporation, known familiarly to thousands of Los Angeles residents as Julian Pete, thanks to Julian's folksy weekly newspaper ads. The Julian Pete swindle ranked with Teapot Dome as one of the great scandals of the era and symbolized the failure of 20s boosterism and speculation.
Notes: Originally published: New York: Oxford University Press, 1994.

Includes bibliographical references and index.