A review by dlsmall
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
4.0
Remarkable book. It’s literally half a history of the birth of the Thunder, half of the birth, rise, decline, and rise again under MAPS of the Thunder’s home city. Central characters: Durant, Westbrook, and Harden, but also Stanley Draper, Clara Luper, Timothy McVeigh, Ron Norick, Gary England, and (he actually may lead in page count) Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips.
Maybe my biggest takeaway...I wish I could talk to my dad about the 1964, 6 month sonic boom experiment, Operation Bongo II. I had never heard about that...amazing, and in retrospect, unbelievable!
Maybe my biggest takeaway...I wish I could talk to my dad about the 1964, 6 month sonic boom experiment, Operation Bongo II. I had never heard about that...amazing, and in retrospect, unbelievable!