Boom Town, The Fantastical Saga of Oklahoma City, its Chaotic Founding... its Purloined Basketball Team, and the Dream of Becoming a World-class Metropolis by Anderson, Sam -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Page Copyright Dedication Epigraph Contents Prologue: Killer of the Killer Part One: Time

A Visitor’s Guide to Oklahoma City Beard Middleness In the Beginning Ewing Operation Bongo Microwave Popcorn Sonicsgate Nooners The First Player In Presti We Trust Prairie Chickens No Beard

Part Two: Size

Our Holy Chief Meteorologist and Severe Weather Savior The Scars of a Bloodless Conflict 1 & 3 The Death of Mayor Couch KD Is Nice The Grand Canal Always Trying You Don’t Get to Bargain with Me Federal Larceny Game 1: Those Who Sit Beside You Eternal Present

Part Three: Color

Golden Grenade Game 7: Mr. Oklahoma City Negrophobia Everything Which Makes Life More Livable Kaleidoscopic Sperm Explosions Kiss Taps Rainbow In That Hamburger, the Whole Essence of Democracy Lies Universal City Pretty Much Centralizing Everything Game 16: Civil War Black Friday

Part Four: Distance

The Grandest Street This Generation Has Ever Seen Game 31: KD Is Not Nice Blessed are the Placemakers Controlled Progressive Collapse Game 46: The Neutrality of Thabo Sefolosha I Love Capitalism Game 70: Westbrook, Westbrook, Westbrook, Westbrook, Westbrook The East Game 83: Five Against One We Who Have Long Been Dust Salute You All Your Bad Days Will End The Terror

Part Five: Motion

Buffalo Our Lifeline Is Concrete Game 84: The Awful Hazard Are Tornadoes Necessary? Solo Together Game 85: Storms 9:02 Justice Game 93: That Arm Became a Heavy Arm The Air Smelled Almost Like Fish The Lowerings The Speed of Shadows

Three Epilogues

But Still And Then Why Not?

Acknowledgments Notes on Sources Photo Credits About the Author

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