Table of Contents
Author's Note XIII
Harding
1 A Reversal of Fortune 3
2 Breakfast of Champions 8
3 Convention 14
4 The Prize 27
5 A Star of a Fellow 31
6 The Front Porch Campaign 36
7 The Campaign Trail 45
8 Friends of Jake Hamon 52
9 Acquittal 57
10 Fatal Distractions 60
11 Trouble Ahead 65
12 The Ohio Gang 69
13 Rockefeller of the West 74
14 Back in the Day 78
15 Power Grab 84
16 Sure Thing 89
17 Black Bag 93
18 All Roads Lead to Three Rivers 100
19 Unfinished Business 105
20 A Dog's Breakfast 113
21 The Best-Laid Plans 119
22 Napoleon and the Dutchman 123
23 Summer of Their Discontent 130
24 Shakedown 135
25 The Unraveling 142
26 Departure 145
The Investigation
27 Coolidge 155
28 Getting Ready 160
29 Two Masters 164
30 Opening Rounds 169
31 The Crusader 177
32 The Crack-up 180
33 The Palm Beach Story 187
34 True Confessions 196
35 Damage Control 206
36 The Conspiracy 216
37 The Redhead, The Radical, and the Attorney General 229
38 State of Denial 237
Continental Trading
39 The Unseen Hand 259
40 A Bribe as Big as the Ritz 262
41 The Link 266
42 Above the Law 269
43 Dirty Bonds, Clean Cash 274
44 Andy 277
45 Forty-Eight Hours 281
46 Acquittal, Revelation 286
47 Rich Man's Justice 289
Reckonings
48 Robert Stewart 295
49 Harry Sinclair 300
50 Ned Doheny 304
51 Albert Fall 311
52 Edward L. Doheny 314
53 Thomas J. Walsh 316
Acknowledgments 321
Notes 323
Bibliography 335
Index 339
