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The boom : how fracking ignited the American energy revolution and changed the world

Summary: A definitive narrative history, The Boom follows the twists and turns in the development and adoption of this radical technology. It is a thrilling journey filled with colorful characters: the green-minded Texas oilman who created the first modern frack; a bare-knuckled Oklahoman natural gas empire-builder who gave the world an enormous new supply of energy and was brought down by his own success and excesses; an environmental leader whose embrace of fracking brought an end to his public career; and an aging fracking pioneer who is now trying to save the industry from itself.

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ISBN: 9781451692297 (pbk.)
Physical Description: print
366 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Edition: 1st Simon & Schuster trade paperback ed.
Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2015, c2014.

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Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Just add water - 2. Ottis Grimes - 3. Everyone comes for the Monday - 4. Dominion over the rocks - 5. Wise county - 6. Ice doesn't freeze anymore - 7. Larry was the brake - 8. The rise of Aubrey McClendon - 9. The fall of Aubrey McClendon - 10. Celestia - 11. Blessings of the Pope - 12. Ghost ridin' Grandpa - 13. Pandora's frack -- Thanks and acknowledgments -- Sources -- Index.