The Frackers

The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters
	Hardcover edition
Author	Gregory Zuckerman
Country	United States
Language	English
Subject	Shale oil
Genre	Non-fiction
Publisher	Portfolio
Publication date	November 5, 2013
Media type	Print, e-book
Pages	416 pages
ISBN	978-1591846451
Preceded by	The Greatest Trade Ever (2010)

The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters is the second non-fiction book by the American journalist Gregory Zuckerman.^[1]^[2] It was released by Portfolio Publishing on November 5, 2013.^[3]^[4] The book was a national bestseller and was named among the best books of 2014 by The Financial Times and Forbes Magazine and as book of the year by the New York Financial Writers Association.^[5] Greg discussed the book on C-Span in 2014, after its release.^[6]

Reception[edit]

Steve Banker of Forbes commented "This is a book that could have been deadly dull. But the writer, Gregory Zuckerman, an experienced business journalist, did a good job of mixing the technological developments, politics, and economics of this business with a mostly entertaining narrative of the entrepreneurs who built this business and made billions in the process."^[7]

References[edit]

^ "The Frackers". Goodreads. goodreads.com. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
^ Zuckerman, Gregory (2013-11-03). "The Outsiders Who Saw Our Economic Future". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
^ Sernovitz, Gary (Nov 20, 2013). "Book review: 'The Frackers' by Gregory Zuckerman". New Republic.
^ GARNER, DWIGHT (November 5, 2013). "The Hardy Folks Who Found Gold in Shale: 'The Frackers,' by Gregory Zuckerman". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 February 2016.
^ Allen, Frederick E. "The Best Books Of 2013". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
^ "Gregory Zuckerman | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2017-11-13.
^ Banker, Steve (July 28, 2014). "Book Review: The Frackers". Forbes Magazine. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

External links[edit]

[1] "The Frackers". Goodreads. goodreads.com. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

[2] Zuckerman, Gregory (2013-11-03). "The Outsiders Who Saw Our Economic Future". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2017-11-13.

[3] Sernovitz, Gary (Nov 20, 2013). "Book review: 'The Frackers' by Gregory Zuckerman". New Republic.

[4] GARNER, DWIGHT (November 5, 2013). "The Hardy Folks Who Found Gold in Shale: 'The Frackers,' by Gregory Zuckerman". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

[5] Allen, Frederick E. "The Best Books Of 2013". Forbes. Retrieved 2017-11-13.

[6] "Gregory Zuckerman | C-SPAN.org". www.c-span.org. Retrieved 2017-11-13.

[7] Banker, Steve (July 28, 2014). "Book Review: The Frackers". Forbes Magazine. Retrieved 17 February 2016.

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