"A terrific tale that resonates nearly a century on, at a time when many people are still wondering about the connections between Big Oil and politicians at the highest levels."
-Jon Meacham, author of Franklin and Winston

"This is a story that has it all-a Jazz Age background, a pleasure-loving president surrounded by booze and chorus girls, boomtown capitalists from the Wild West, [and] conniving politicians. . . . [Laton McCartney has] a certain zest for Teapot's sordid comedy [and] delivers fresh, arresting portraits of the main players, some of them lovable rogues, others beady-eyed scoundrels."
-The New York Times

"The most thorough treatment of the scandals to date."
-Los Angeles Times Book Review

"Titillating, tantalizing . . . The book reads like a novel. McCartney's cast of characters jumps off the page."
-Baltimore Sun

"A cautionary tale of what happens when corrupt and indifferent public officials give an industry undue influence over public policy."
-The Denver Post

"Fascinating reading."
-St. Louis Post-Dispatch