Dark Side of Fortune: Triumph and Scandal in the Life of Oil Tycoon Edward L. Doheny

by Margaret Leslie Davis

Book Overview

Dark Side of Fortune contains all the elements of a Hollywood thriller. Filling in one of the most important gaps in the history of the American West, Margaret Leslie Davis's riveting biography follows Edward L. Doheny's fascinating story from his days as an itinerant prospector in the dangerous jungles of Mexico, where he built the $100-million oil empire that ushered in the new era of petroleum. But it was a tale that ended in tragedy, when--at...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520229096
• ISBN13: 9780520229099
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 357 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 9.0"