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Dark side of fortune : triumph and scandal in the life of oil tycoon Edward L. Doheny
Record details
- ISBN: 9780585271996
- ISBN: 0585271992
- ISBN: 0520927052
- ISBN: 9780520927056
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (xviii, 339 pages) : illustrations
remote - Publisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1998.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-323) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: September 11, 19.5 -- Part 1: La calavera del conquistador -- The young prospector Doheny -- Her coldest welcome -- Rivers of Black Gold -- Spoony visits -- The golden lane -- Powered by oil -- Millionas made knowing how -- Part 2: La calavera del comerciante -- Perfectly legal -- The $100,000 bagatelle -- Gaps in the record -- Scared rich man -- The last appeal -- Part 3: La calavera del final -- Night of terror -- A broken and changed man -- The final trial. |
| Restrictions on Access Note: | NLC staff and students only. |
| Language Note: | English. |
| Source of Description Note: | Print version record. |
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