Boom Town

Sam Anderson

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Langue : anglais

Edité par Crown, 2019

0804137331 / 9780804137331

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A brilliant, kaleidoscopic narrative of Oklahoma City%u2014a great American story of civics, basketball, and destiny, from award-winning journalist Sam Anderson NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review %u2022 NPR %u2022 Chicago Tribune %u2022 San Francisco Chronicle %u2022 The Economist %u2022 Deadspin Oklahoma City was born from chaos. It was founded in a bizarre but momentous %u201CLand Run%u201D 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 team%u2019s 2012-13 season, when the Thunder%u2019s brilliant general manager, Sam Presti, ignited a firestorm by trading future superstar James Harden just days before the first game. Presti%u2019s all-in gamble on %u201Cthe Process%u201D%u2014the patient, methodical management style that dictated the trade as the team%u2019s best hope for long-term greatness%u2014kicked off a pivotal year in the city%u2019s 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 Town announces the arrival of an exciting literary voice. Sam Anderson, former book critic for New York magazine and now a staff writer at the New York Times 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, Boom Town offers a remarkable look at the urban tapestry woven from control and chaos, sports and civics. Piece(s) of the spine missing. Please note the image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item. …

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Titre
Boom Town
Auteur
Sam Anderson
Éditeur
Crown
Année de publication
2019
État de l'article
Good
Jaquette
No Jacket
Type de livre
Book
Reliure
Paperback
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0804137331
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780804137331

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