A review by benskbooks
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

funny informative reflective fast-paced

5.0

Amazing book. For me - a perfect mix of civic history and sports history. The through-lines this book takes to tell a cohesive story about a city are incredibly intertwined in ways you wouldn't expect. I specifically love the larger-than-life style used to talk about a early 2010s basketball team, which lends to a central theme of the story: that pro sports can be more than just a game to a city.