Overview
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR,Ā CHICAGO TRIBUNE, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE,Ā THE ECONOMIST AND DEADSPIN
Award-winning journalist Sam Andersonās long-awaited debut is a brilliant, kaleidoscopic narrative of Oklahoma Cityāa great American story of civics, basketball, and destiny.
Oklahoma City was born from chaos. It was founded in a bizarre but momentous āLand Runā in 1889, when thousands of people lined up along the borders of Oklahoma Territory and rushed in at noon to stake their claims. Since then, it has been a city torn between the wild energy that drives its outsized ambitions, and the forces of order that seek sustainable progress. Nowhere was this dynamic better realized than in the drama of the Oklahoma City Thunder basketball teamās 2012-13 season, when the Thunderās brilliant general manager, Sam Presti, ignited a firestorm by trading future superstar James Harden just days before the first game. Prestiās all-in gamble on āthe Processāāthe patient, methodical management style that dictated the trade as the teamās best hope for long-term greatnessākicked off a pivotal year in the cityās history, one that would include pitched battles over urban planning, a series of cataclysmic tornadoes, and the frenzied hope that an NBA championship might finally deliver the glory of which the city had always dreamed.
Boom TownĀ announces the arrival of an exciting literary voice. Sam Anderson, former book critic forĀ New YorkĀ magazine and now a staffĀ writer at theĀ New York TimesĀ magazine, unfolds an idiosyncratic mix of American history, sports reporting, urban studies, gonzo memoir, and much more to tell the strange but compelling story of an American city whose unique mix of geography and history make it a fascinating microcosm of the democratic experiment. Filled with characters ranging from NBA superstars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook; to Flaming Lips oddball frontman Wayne Coyne; to legendary Great Plains meteorologist Gary England; to Stanley Draper, Oklahoma City's would-be Robert Moses; to civil rights activist Clara Luper; to the citizens and public servants who survived the notorious 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building,Ā Boom TownĀ offers a remarkable look at the urban tapestry woven from control and chaos, sports and civics.
This book title, Boom Town (The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, Its Chaotic Founding... Its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis), ISBN: 9780804137331, by Sam Anderson, published by Crown/Archetype (August 20, 2019) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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