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The Teapot Dome Scandal: How Big Oil Bought the Harding White House and Tried to Steal the Country
by Laton Mccartney
from Random House
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Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0 
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The Last Of The American Robber Barons 
This reads like a fast paced mystery novel, which in many ways is what it is. One of the US' most massive thefts in the early 20th century is matched by the most corrupt national government we've had thus far. The actions of president Harding and his close associates bring to mind Pope Leo X's remark about taking full advantage of the opportunity. Unlike Leo, the people behind the Teapot Dome scandal were from very humble backgrounds, with failure dogging them into their middle years. The corruption, greed... more info
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Not bad, but not enough... 
Like many new books I've read lately, I found many of the "connections" established here to be tenuous at best. National political conventions were what they were, I'm not 100% that 1920 was significantly more corrupt than any previous undertaking, with the possible exception of the visible money flow. I'm also a bit perplexed about how Albert Fall shot into his position as best available replacement nominee as Secretary of the Interior, as his personal connection to the oil guys wasn't demonstrated to my... more info
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"In the history of lovers, there was, I am sure, none to compare with Warren Gamaliel Harding"
This fine history by Laton Mccartney starts out with a different kind of extramarital relationship. Jake Hamon, the "Oil King of Oklahoma", was famous for saying "All I want to do is make money, and I don't care much how I make it." Hamon's money helped win Harding the 1920 Republican presidential nomination. Hamon renounced adultery in hopes of becoming Secretary of the Interior. Mccartney's book opens with Clara, Hamon's mistress, killing Hamon for dumping her. New Mexico's Senator Albert Fall was... more info
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Some Things Never Change 
McCartney writes with considerable skill and quite comprehensively of the domination of the oil industry of the American economy in the first third of the 20th century. Crimes were committed that went virtually unpunished, while oil executives thumbed their noses at feeble efforts of Congress to address the problem. It makes you wonder what else is new.
What we need now in this nation is a clone of Senator Thomas James Walsh (D-Mont) who might be willing to take on the military-industrial, oil... more info
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