wells … in U.S. shale formations: Ibid., p. 1.
Leonardo Maugeri quote: Ibid., p. 3.
Williston real estate agent quote: Melissa Krause, “Home Ownership Could Be Boosted by Decision,” The Williston Herald, March 13, 2016.
10,000 jobs were cut in North Dakota: Debbie Carlson, “North Dakota’s Oil-Heavy Economy Is Hanging On, but for How Long?” The Guardian (UK), December 27, 2015.
occupancy rate for newly built apartments: Amy Dalrymple, “Apartment Developers Trying to Ride Out Oil Slump,” Forum News Service, March 28, 2016.
5,000 hotel rooms and apartment units: Kevin Wallevand, “‘After the Boom’—Part One,” WDAY-TV, May 1, 2016.
1,350 new apartments were still under construction: Jennifer Oldham, “The Real Estate Crisis in North Dakota’s Man Camps,” Bloomberg, September 29, 2015.
10,000 new homes and apartments built during the boom: William Yardley, “In North Dakota, an Oil Boomtown Doesn’t Want to Go Bust,” Los Angeles Times, January 11, 2016.
about $215 million in debt: Jack Healy, “Built Up by Oil Boom, North Dakota Now Has Emptier Feeling,” The New York Times, February 7, 2016.
municipal bonds were downgraded to junk status: Ernest Scheyder, “In North Dakota’s Oil Patch, a Humbling Comedown,” Reuters, May 18, 2016.
AFTERWORD
Interviews: Lisa DeVille, Donny Nelson, Cindy Marchello, Tom Stakes, Chelsea Niehaus, Jay Reinke, Scott Morgan
Trump had between $500,000 and $1 million invested: Associated Press, “Donald Trump’s Stock in Dakota Access Oil Pipeline Raises Concerns,” November 25, 2016.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
BLAIRE BRIODY is a journalist who has written for The New York Times, Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, Fast Company, and Glamour, among others. She has worked as a senior editor at The Fiscal Times, and she received the Richard J. Margolis Award in 2014 for social justice reporting. The New Wild West is her first book, and it was the 2016 finalist for the Lukas Work-in-Progress Award from Columbia Journalism School and Harvard’s Nieman Foundation. She teaches journalism at Santa Rosa Junior College, and she’s been a writer-in-residence at the Headlands Center for the Arts, Mesa Refuge, and Blue Mountain Center. She grew up in the small town of Mount Shasta, California, and now resides in Sonoma County. You can sign up for email updates here.
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CONTENTS
TITLE PAGE
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
DEDICATION
EPIGRAPH
MAP OF NORTH DAKOTA
WILLISTON VILLAGE RV RESORT
1. DONNY NELSON
2. A FORGOTTEN PLACE
3. WILLISTON
4. TOM STAKES
5. CHELSEA NIEHAUS
6. WILLISTON
7. CINDY MARCHELLO
8. PASTOR JAY REINKE
9. WILLISTON
10. IT TAKES A BOOM
11. TOM STAKES
12. DONNY NELSON
13. CINDY MARCHELLO
14. TIOGA
15. DONNY NELSON
16. TOM STAKES
17. WILLISTON
18. ROUGH RIDER MAN CAMP
19. CINDY MARCHELLO
20. FORT BERTHOLD
21. CHELSEA NIEHAUS
22. PASTOR JAY REINKE
23. TOM STAKES
24. “ON A MUDDY LOCATION, SOMEWHERE IN NORTH DAKOTA”
25. TOM STAKES
26. DONNY NELSON
27. CINDY MARCHELLO
28. TOM STAKES
29. CHELSEA NIEHAUS
30. CINDY MARCHELLO
31. PASTOR JAY REINKE
32. TOM STAKES
33. FORT BERTHOLD
34. CHELSEA NIEHAUS
35. CINDY MARCHELLO
36. TOM STAKES
37. CHELSEA NIEHAUS
38. PASTOR JAY REINKE
39. CINDY MARCHELLO
40. TOM STAKES
41. WILLISTON
AFTERWORD
PHOTOGRAPHS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
NOTES
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT
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