The Teapot Dome Scandal: How Big Oil Bought the Harding White House and Tried to Steal the Country
How Big Oil Bought the Harding White House and Tried to Steal the Country
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
13 January 2009
Summary
In this amazing and at times ribald story, Laton McCartney tells how Big Oil handpicked Warren G. Harding, an obscure Ohio senator, to serve as our twenty-third president. Harding and his "oil cabinet" made it possible for cronies to secure vast fuel reserves that had been set aside for use by the U.S. Navy. In exchange, the oilmen paid off senior government officials, bribed newspaper publishers, and covered the GOP campaign debt. When news of the scandal finally emerged, t…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780812973372 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0812973372 |
| Author: | Laton McCartney |
| Publisher: | Random House Trade |
| Imprint: | Random House Trade Paperbacks |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Release Date: | 13 January 2009 |
| Weight: | 263g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 139mm x 203mm |
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About The Author
Laton McCartney
Laton McCartney is the author of the national bestseller “Friends in High Places: The Bechtel Story-The Most Secret Corporation and How It Engineered the World” and “Across the Great Divide: Robert Stuart and the Discovery of the Oregon Trail.” McCartney has written extensively on business, finance, and politics for many national magazines. He and his wife, Nancy, divide their time between Wyoming and New York.
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