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

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DB 91944

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

by Sam Anderson

Nonfiction, US History | Audio

Portrait of Oklahoma City’s revitalization in the early twenty-first century. Examines the success of its multi-year capital improvements program, the city’s leaders, and especially how a consortium of businesspeople purchased a basketball team and turned it into a champion. Unrated. Commercial audiobook. 2018.