Paul Mellon: Portrait of an oil baron

by William Hoffman

While we're waiting in line for gasoline and shivering without heating oil, the big oil companies seem to be doing exceptionally well. But, who are they? What are they? How did they become so internationally powerful? William S. Hoffman tells us the incredible story of one company, Gulf Oil, and one man, Paul Mellon, whose family developed Gulf form a Texas wildcat into a multi-national corporation. This is a double-edge account of a man who inherited a fortune and an oil and aluminum empire, which were built up over the years through economic manipulation and exploitation.

204 pages, Hardcover

Published January 1, 1974