Boom town : the fantastical saga of Oklahoma city, its chaotic founding , its apocalyptic weather, its purloined basketball team, and the dream of becoming a world-class metropolis / Sam Anderson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Anderson, Sam, 1977- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Basketball.

History.

Oklahoma City (Okla.)--History.

Oklahoma City (Okla.).

Oklahoma City (Okla.)--Social life and customs.

Basketball--Oklahoma--History.

Oklahoma.

Local Subjects:

Oklahoma City (Okla.)--Social life and customs.

Oklahoma City (Okla.)--History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xx, 427 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Crown, an imprint of the Crown Publishing Group, [2018]

Summary:

"Oklahoma City was born from chaos. It was founded in a bizarre but momentous "Land Run" 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's 2012-13 season, when the Thunder's brilliant general manager, Sam Presti, ignited a firestorm by trading future superstar James Harden just days before the first game."--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Part 1 Time p. 1

A Visitor's Guide To Oklahoma City p. 3

Beard p. 8

Middleness p. 15

Ewing p. 21

Operation Bongo p. 26

Microwave Popcorn p. 35

Sonicsgate p. 40

Nooners p. 46

The First Player p. 48

In Presti We Trust p. 53

Prairie Chickens p. 63

No Beard p. 70

Part 2 Size p. 75

Our Holy Chief Meteorologist And Severe Weather Savior p. 77

The Scars Of A Bloodless Conflict p. 87

1 & 3 p. 95

The Death Of Mayor Couch p. 99

KD Is Nice p. 105

The Grand Canal p. 114

Always Trying p. 117

You Don't Get To Bargain With Me p. 120

Federal Larceny p. 127

Game 1: Those Who Sit Beside You p. 134

Eternal Present p. 140

Part 3 Color p. 143

Golden Grenade p. 145

Game 7: Mr. Oklahoma City p. 156

Negrophobia p. 163

Everything Which Makes Life More Livable p. 169

Kaleidoscopic Sperm Explosions p. 181

Kiss p. 187

Taps p. 188

Rainbow p. 194

In That Hamburger, The Whole Essence Of Democracy Lies p. 199

Universal City p. 206

Pretty Much Centralizing Everything p. 214

Game 16: Civil War p. 219

Black Friday p. 223

Part 4 Distance p. 229

The Grandest Street This Generation Has Ever Seen p. 231

Game 31: Kd Is Not Nice p. 233

Blessed Are The Placemakers p. 239

Controlled Progressive Collapse p. 250

Game 46: The Neutrality Of Thabo Sefolosha p. 263

I Love Capitalism p. 271

Game 70: Westbrdok, Westbrook, Westbrook, Westbrook, Westbrook p. 279

The East p. 281

Game B3: Five Against One p. 284

We Who Have Long Been Dust Salute You p. 289

All Your Bad Days Will End p. 294

The Terror p. 305

Part 5 Motion p. 309

Buffalo p. 311

Our Lifeline Is Concrete p. 318

Game 84: The Awful Hazard p. 322

Are Tornadoes Necessary? p. 330

Solo p. 334

Together p. 336

Game 85: Storms p. 340

9:02 p. 343

Justice p. 356

Game 93: That Arm Became A Heavy Arm p. 362

The Air Smelled Almost Like Fish p. 365

The Lowerings p. 369

The Speed Of Shadows p. 386

Three Epilogues p. 389

But Still p. 391

And Then p. 398

Why Not? p. 404.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Anderson, Sam, 1977- Boom town.

ISBN:

9780804137317

0804137315

9780804137331

0804137331

OCLC:

1028606230