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
Summary
Doheny built was one of the early oil barons in Mexico and the United States before becoming embroiled in the Teapot Dome scandal
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-323) and index
