A womanizing US president. Gin-drinking, poker-playing,skirt-chasing Cabinet members. And a plot from the inside to usurp control ofthe Navy's oil reserves. Wild and juicy stuff this. And all of it a truechapter of America's history.
There may not be another US scandal that is so heavy withcorruption and criminality yet weighs so lightly on our collectiveconsciousness as the Teapot Dome Scandal. From 1920 to 1922, power-hungrypoliticians and corporate tycoons boldly schemed to usurp the nation'sburgeoning resource. In so doing, these crooks put a huge black mark on theplucky pioneering work of those who gave birth to Wyoming's incredible bonanza.
With a deft researcher's hand and the heart and attention ofa creative writer, Constance Bierkan has written a first-of-its-kindfictionalized recounting of what led up to this nearly forgotten nugget fromthe past, the Teapot Dome Scandal. Like No Place on Earth is a spiritedcoming-of-age story set in Wyoming at the start of the madcap Roaring Twentiesand right after the birth of the oil industry. As much a love story as it is ahistorical deep-dive, Like No Place on Earth will be irresistible tobook clubs and history buffs alike.
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978-1-9772-7852-4 (9781977278524)
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Constance Bierkan has sat Ordinary and Advanced Level exams administered by the University of London, earned a BA in English Literature from Skidmore and Goucher Colleges, and is fluent in French and German. Author of Alone In A Crowded Room, Free To Breathe and In Spite of It All, Bierkan has spent months researching the Teapot Dome Scandal. Much of her plot resonates with historical accuracy long forgotten. Currently, she and her husband live at 8,200 feet in the Rocky Mountains.
