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000336948 1001_ $$aMcCartney, Laton.
000336948 24514 $$aThe Teapot Dome Scandal :$$bhow big oil bought the Harding White House and tried to steal the country /$$cLaton McCartney.
000336948 250__ $$a1st ed.
000336948 260__ $$aNew York :$$bRandom House,$$cc2008.
000336948 300__ $$axiv, 351 p., [8] p. of plates :$$bill., ports. ;$$c25 cm.
000336948 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [335]-338) and index.
000336948 520__ $$aIn The Teapot Dome Scandal, acclaimed author Laton McCartney tells the amazing, complex, and at times ribald story of how Big Oil handpicked Warren G. Harding, an obscure Ohio senator, to serve as our twenty-third president. Harding and his so-called "oil cabinet" made it possible for the oilmen to secure vast oil reserves that had been set aside for use by the U.S. Navy. In exchange, the oilmen paid off senior government officials, bribed newspaper publishers, and covered the GOP campaign debt.  When news of the scandal finally emerged, the consequences were disastrous for the nation and for the principles in the plot to bilk the taxpayers: Harding's administration was hamstrung; Americans' confidence in their government plummeted; Secretary of the Interior Albert Fall was indicted, convicted, and incarcerated; and others implicated in the affair suffered similarly dire fates. Stonewalling by members of Harding's circle kept a lid on the story--witnesses developed "faulty" memories or fled the country, and important documents went missing--but contemporary records newly made available to McCartney reveal a shocking, revelatory picture of just how far-reaching the affair was, how high the stakes, and how powerful the conspirators.--From publisher description.
000336948 650_0 $$aTeapot Dome Scandal, 1921-1924.
000336948 85200 $$bgen$$hE785$$i.M38$$i2008
000336948 85641 $$3Table of contents only$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0720/2007024396.html
000336948 85642 $$3Contributor biographical information$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0810/2007024396-b.html
000336948 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0810/2007024396-d.html
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