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Pages : 356
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Oklahoma Today
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Pages : 356
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The Chisholm Trail
Author: Wayne Gard
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806115368
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Presents a history of the route which became the "Main Street" of the Texas cattle trade after the Civil War and remained until after its closing in 1884
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806115368
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Presents a history of the route which became the "Main Street" of the Texas cattle trade after the Civil War and remained until after its closing in 1884
Meet Christopher
Author: Genevieve Simermeyer
Publisher: Council Oak Books
ISBN: 9781571782175
Category : Indian children
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Celebrates the Osage Indian tribal culture through the daily life of Christopher Cote.
Publisher: Council Oak Books
ISBN: 9781571782175
Category : Indian children
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Celebrates the Osage Indian tribal culture through the daily life of Christopher Cote.
Boom Town
Author: Sam Anderson
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0804137323
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
A brilliant, kaleidoscopic narrative of Oklahoma City—a great American story of civics, basketball, and destiny, from award-winning journalist Sam Anderson NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • NPR • Chicago Tribune • San Francisco Chronicle • The Economist • Deadspin Oklahoma City was born from chaos. It was founded in a bizarre but momentous “Land Run” in 1889, when thousands of people lined up along the borders of Oklahoma Territory and rushed in at noon to stake their claims. Since then, it has been a city torn between the wild energy that drives its outsized ambitions, and the forces of order that seek sustainable progress. Nowhere was this dynamic better realized than in the drama of the Oklahoma City Thunder basketball team’s 2012-13 season, when the Thunder’s brilliant general manager, Sam Presti, ignited a firestorm by trading future superstar James Harden just days before the first game. Presti’s all-in gamble on “the Process”—the patient, methodical management style that dictated the trade as the team’s best hope for long-term greatness—kicked off a pivotal year in the city’s history, one that would include pitched battles over urban planning, a series of cataclysmic tornadoes, and the frenzied hope that an NBA championship might finally deliver the glory of which the city had always dreamed. Boom Town announces the arrival of an exciting literary voice. Sam Anderson, former book critic for New York magazine and now a staff writer at the New York Times magazine, unfolds an idiosyncratic mix of American history, sports reporting, urban studies, gonzo memoir, and much more to tell the strange but compelling story of an American city whose unique mix of geography and history make it a fascinating microcosm of the democratic experiment. Filled with characters ranging from NBA superstars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook; to Flaming Lips oddball frontman Wayne Coyne; to legendary Great Plains meteorologist Gary England; to Stanley Draper, Oklahoma City's would-be Robert Moses; to civil rights activist Clara Luper; to the citizens and public servants who survived the notorious 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building, Boom Town offers a remarkable look at the urban tapestry woven from control and chaos, sports and civics.
Publisher: Crown
ISBN: 0804137323
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
A brilliant, kaleidoscopic narrative of Oklahoma City—a great American story of civics, basketball, and destiny, from award-winning journalist Sam Anderson NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The New York Times Book Review • NPR • Chicago Tribune • San Francisco Chronicle • The Economist • Deadspin Oklahoma City was born from chaos. It was founded in a bizarre but momentous “Land Run” in 1889, when thousands of people lined up along the borders of Oklahoma Territory and rushed in at noon to stake their claims. Since then, it has been a city torn between the wild energy that drives its outsized ambitions, and the forces of order that seek sustainable progress. Nowhere was this dynamic better realized than in the drama of the Oklahoma City Thunder basketball team’s 2012-13 season, when the Thunder’s brilliant general manager, Sam Presti, ignited a firestorm by trading future superstar James Harden just days before the first game. Presti’s all-in gamble on “the Process”—the patient, methodical management style that dictated the trade as the team’s best hope for long-term greatness—kicked off a pivotal year in the city’s history, one that would include pitched battles over urban planning, a series of cataclysmic tornadoes, and the frenzied hope that an NBA championship might finally deliver the glory of which the city had always dreamed. Boom Town announces the arrival of an exciting literary voice. Sam Anderson, former book critic for New York magazine and now a staff writer at the New York Times magazine, unfolds an idiosyncratic mix of American history, sports reporting, urban studies, gonzo memoir, and much more to tell the strange but compelling story of an American city whose unique mix of geography and history make it a fascinating microcosm of the democratic experiment. Filled with characters ranging from NBA superstars Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook; to Flaming Lips oddball frontman Wayne Coyne; to legendary Great Plains meteorologist Gary England; to Stanley Draper, Oklahoma City's would-be Robert Moses; to civil rights activist Clara Luper; to the citizens and public servants who survived the notorious 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building, Boom Town offers a remarkable look at the urban tapestry woven from control and chaos, sports and civics.
Oklahoma Off the Beaten Path®
Author: Deborah Bouziden
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493078151
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Tired of the same old tourist traps? Whether you’re a visitor or a local looking for something different, Oklahoma Off the Beaten Path shows you the Sooner State you never knew existed. Catch a reenactment of a historic Wild West show at Pawnee Bill Buffalo Ranch, stroll through the collection of bonsai trees and Japanese-style cascading pools at Lendonwood Gardens, or admire the rose-colored fossilized crystals at the Timberlake Rose Rock Museum. So, if you’ve “been there, done that” one too many times, get off the main road and venture Off the Beaten Path.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493078151
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 215
Book Description
Tired of the same old tourist traps? Whether you’re a visitor or a local looking for something different, Oklahoma Off the Beaten Path shows you the Sooner State you never knew existed. Catch a reenactment of a historic Wild West show at Pawnee Bill Buffalo Ranch, stroll through the collection of bonsai trees and Japanese-style cascading pools at Lendonwood Gardens, or admire the rose-colored fossilized crystals at the Timberlake Rose Rock Museum. So, if you’ve “been there, done that” one too many times, get off the main road and venture Off the Beaten Path.
The Great Oklahoma Swindle
Author: Russell Cobb
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 149623040X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Russell Cobb’s The Great Oklahoma Swindle is a rousing and incisive examination of the regional culture and history of “Flyover Country” that demystifies the political conditions of the American Heartland.
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
ISBN: 149623040X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
Russell Cobb’s The Great Oklahoma Swindle is a rousing and incisive examination of the regional culture and history of “Flyover Country” that demystifies the political conditions of the American Heartland.
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Category : Oklahoma
Languages : en
Pages : 646
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Author: United States. President (1963-1969 : Johnson)
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 1296
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Category : Presidents
Languages : en
Pages : 1296
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Catalog of Copyright Entries
Author: Library of Congress. Copyright Office
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Category : Copyright
Languages : en
Pages : 730
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Languages : en
Pages : 730
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Dispatches from the Republic of Letters
Author: Daniel Simon
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
ISBN: 1646050347
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
“The centrifugal pull of great literature, as embodied by the work of these twenty-five writers, draws us into a fuller realization of our humanity.” ¬– Daniel Simon, editor-in-chief of World Literature Today For the last fifty years, The Neustadt Prize has been one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the world, second only to the Nobel. Poets, novelists, and playwrights from Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Orhan Pamuk to Czeslaw Milosz and Dubravka Ugresic are listed among the ranks of laureate. Now, in honor of the fiftieth anniversary, Dispatches from the Republic of Letters gathers the acceptance speeches of these twenty-five pioneering writers into one volume, edited and with an introduction by World Literature Today editor-in-chief Daniel Simon.
Publisher: Deep Vellum Publishing
ISBN: 1646050347
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 303
Book Description
“The centrifugal pull of great literature, as embodied by the work of these twenty-five writers, draws us into a fuller realization of our humanity.” ¬– Daniel Simon, editor-in-chief of World Literature Today For the last fifty years, The Neustadt Prize has been one of the most prestigious literary prizes in the world, second only to the Nobel. Poets, novelists, and playwrights from Gabriel Garcia Marquez and Orhan Pamuk to Czeslaw Milosz and Dubravka Ugresic are listed among the ranks of laureate. Now, in honor of the fiftieth anniversary, Dispatches from the Republic of Letters gathers the acceptance speeches of these twenty-five pioneering writers into one volume, edited and with an introduction by World Literature Today editor-in-chief Daniel Simon.