Edward L. Doheny
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Edward Laurence Doheny was an American oil tycoon who, in 1892, drilled the first successful oil well in the Los Angeles City Oil Field. His success set off a petroleum boom in Southern California, an
Doheny, 1920s
Doheny poses with his lawyer Frank J. Hogan, 1924
Doheny and his granddaughter, Lucy Estelle, c. 1928
Oil!
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Oil! is an American novel by Upton Sinclair, first published in 1926–27 and told as a third-person narrative, with only the opening pages written in the first person. The book was written in the conte
Edward L. Doheny
…philanthropists in Los Angeles, especially regarding Catholic schools, churches and charities. The character J. Arnold Ross in Upton Sinclair's 1926-27 novel Oil! (itself the inspiration for the 2007 film There Will Be Blood) is loosely based on Doheny. Edward L. Doheny was born in 1856 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin…
First edition
Upton Sinclair selling the "Fig Leaf Edition" of Oil! in Boston
Scan of the 1927 first edition