Great American outpost : dreamers, mavericks, and the making of an oil frontier
(Book - Regular Print)
Author
Published
New York : PublicAffairs, 2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 324 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Status
Prescott Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
338.2728 RAO
1 available
338.2728 RAO
1 available
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Published
New York : PublicAffairs, 2018.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-324).
Description
As North Dakota became the nation's second-largest oil producer, Maya Rao set out in steel-toe boots to join a wave of drifters, dreamers, entrepreneurs, and criminals. She rode shotgun with a surfer-turned-truck driver braving toxic fumes and dangerous roads, dined with businessmen disgraced during the financial crisis, and interviewed everyone in between -- including an ex-con YouTube celebrity, a trophy wife mired in scandal, and a hard-drinking British Ponzi schemer -- in a social scene so rife with intrigue that one investor called the oilfield Peyton Place on steroids. As the boom receded, a culture of greed and recklessness left troubling consequences for investors and longtime residents. Empty trailers and idle oil equipment littered the fields like abandoned farmsteads, leaving the pioneers who built this unlikely civilization to reckon with their legacy.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Rao, M. (2018). Great American outpost: dreamers, mavericks, and the making of an oil frontier (First edition.). PublicAffairs.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rao, Maya, 1984-. 2018. Great American Outpost: Dreamers, Mavericks, and the Making of an Oil Frontier. PublicAffairs.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Rao, Maya, 1984-. Great American Outpost: Dreamers, Mavericks, and the Making of an Oil Frontier PublicAffairs, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Rao, Maya. Great American Outpost: Dreamers, Mavericks, and the Making of an Oil Frontier First edition., PublicAffairs, 2018.
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