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The Good Hand: A Memoir of Work, Brotherhood, and Transformation in an American Boomtown
By Smith, Michael Patrick F.
- ISBN
- 9781984881519
- Publisher
- Viking
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Reviewed on January 1, 2021 | Social Sciences
Smith peppers his narrative about moving to the oil town of Williston, ND, with vivid descriptions of the poor, dangerous, occasionally violent, overwhelmingly white male inhabitants of the oil fields, and the flophouses that sprang up to support them. Comparisons with J.D. Vance will be unavoidable, and as with Hillbilly Elegy, the book attempts to describe and present a lifestyle that is starkly different from that of the s...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
