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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
- ISBN
- 9780804137317 9780804137324
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- Crown
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Starred Review on July 1, 2018 | Social Sciences
On the morning of April 22, 1889, what is today Oklahoma City was virgin territory, formerly occupied by now displaced Native Americans. By nightfall, as the result of the free land giveaway that was the Great Oklahoma Land Run, up to 10,000 settlers milled among tents, sleeping bags, beasts of burden, and wagons. All did not go as expected for many of these new landowners, ho...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
