The Teapot Dome Scandal
Author: Mccartney, Laton
ISBN: 9780812973372
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 13 Jan 2009
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback / softback
Now in paperbackI>, The Devil in the White City/I> meets I>Conspiracy of Fools/I> in this true story of corporate and political intrigue set in the Jazz Age.I>/I>BR>BR>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, the consequences were disastrous. Drawing on contemporary records newly made available to McCartney, i>The Teapot Dome Scandal/i> reveals a shocking, revelatory picture of just how far-reaching the affair was, how high the stakes, and how powerful the conspirators-all told in a dazzling narrative style.
ISBN: 9780812973372
Publisher: RANDOM HOUSE US
Year first published: 13 Jan 2009
Pages: 384
Format: Paperback / softback
Now in paperbackI>, The Devil in the White City/I> meets I>Conspiracy of Fools/I> in this true story of corporate and political intrigue set in the Jazz Age.I>/I>BR>BR>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, the consequences were disastrous. Drawing on contemporary records newly made available to McCartney, i>The Teapot Dome Scandal/i> reveals a shocking, revelatory picture of just how far-reaching the affair was, how high the stakes, and how powerful the conspirators-all told in a dazzling narrative style.
