tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post1141120835714967468..comments2024-03-28T01:35:06.113-05:00Comments on Book Chase: The Good Hand: A Memoir of Work, Brotherhood, and Transformation in an American Boomtown - Michael Patrick F. SmithSam http://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-39574727732988330232021-04-05T13:25:36.331-05:002021-04-05T13:25:36.331-05:00From the outside looking in, this mad rush to smal...From the outside looking in, this mad rush to small-town North Dakota had to be completely overwhelming to the locals. I still wonder how many lives were ruined by drugs, alcohol abuse, and sex abuse. It was definitely a mixed blessing to the locals...if they saw it as a blessing at all.Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-41388505999335880262021-04-03T11:41:14.549-05:002021-04-03T11:41:14.549-05:00I'm intrigued by this one. I'm not famili...I'm intrigued by this one. I'm not familiar with this North Dakota boom and bust, but it sounds fascinating.jenclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06046532245054911248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-88604012229657035992021-04-02T15:05:57.501-05:002021-04-02T15:05:57.501-05:00I heard some wild stories from friends who worked ...I heard some wild stories from friends who worked there during the boom times, Lark, but never saw it with my own eyes despite being responsible for several years making sure that my company stayed in the black on that project. Turned out to have been impossible to do, however, and we sold our interests in the area not too many months before the bottom fell out and lots of companies lost a Sam https://www.blogger.com/profile/17448913705757509608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38656633.post-39000482400402951472021-04-01T15:13:23.754-05:002021-04-01T15:13:23.754-05:00This sounds like a fascinating book. That whole bo...This sounds like a fascinating book. That whole boom up in North Dakota was such a crazy ride. I'll have to see if my library has the audio version of this one available so I can hear his songs. :)Lark https://www.blogger.com/profile/13777891312147377769noreply@blogger.com