published in The Atlantic
Smarsh reviews two new books, "The Good Hand: A Memoir of Work, Bortherhood, and Transformation in an American Boomtown" (Viking) by Michael Patrick F. Smith and "Up to Heaven and Down to Hell: Fracking, Freedom, and Community in an American Town" (Princeton University Press) by Colin Jerolmack. Each look deeply at the oil industry from the perspective of the workers and the communities surrounding them.
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