The Frackers
{{Infobox book
| name = The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters
| translator =
| image = The Frackers -- bookcover.jpg
| caption = Hardcover edition
| author = Gregory Zuckerman
| country = United States
| language = English
| genre = Non-fiction
| subject = Shale oil
| publisher = Portfolio
| release_date = November 5, 2013
| media_type = Print, e-book
| pages = 416 pages
| isbn = 978-1591846451
| oclc =
| congress =
| followed_by =
| 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.{{cite web|title=The Frackers|url=http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17707481-the-frackers|website=Goodreads|publisher=goodreads.com|accessdate=17 February 2016}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-outsiders-who-saw-our-economic-future-1383352300|title=The Outsiders Who Saw Our Economic Future|last=Zuckerman|first=Gregory|date=2013-11-03|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=2017-11-13|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}} It was released by Portfolio Publishing on November 5, 2013.{{cite web|url=https://newrepublic.com/article/115318/gary-sernovitz-reviews-frackers-gregory-zuckerman|title=Book review: 'The Frackers' by Gregory Zuckerman|last=Sernovitz|first=Gary|date=Nov 20, 2013|publisher=New Republic}}{{cite web|last1=GARNER|first1=DWIGHT|title=The Hardy Folks Who Found Gold in Shale: 'The Frackers,' by Gregory Zuckerman|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/06/books/the-frackers-by-gregory-zuckerman.html?_r=0|website=The New York Times|accessdate=17 February 2016|date=November 5, 2013}} 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.{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/frederickallen/2013/11/27/the-best-books-of-2013/#4f585c3d37e4|title=The Best Books Of 2013|last=Allen|first=Frederick E.|work=Forbes|access-date=2017-11-13|language=en}} Greg discussed the book on C-Span in 2014, after its release.{{Cite web|url=https://www.c-span.org/person/?gregoryzuckerman|title=Gregory Zuckerman {{!}} C-SPAN.org|website=www.c-span.org|language=en-us|access-date=2017-11-13}}
Reception
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."{{cite web|last1=Banker|first1=Steve|title=Book Review: The Frackers|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevebanker/2014/07/28/book-review-the-frackers/#77c267986c48|website=Forbes Magazine|accessdate=17 February 2016|date=July 28, 2014}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website | http://www.gregoryzuckerman.com/the-books/the-frackers}}
- {{youtube|_1KaUXterFI|The Frackers Book Talk with Gregory Zuckerman}}
- {{youtube|eWtkN44G9gM|The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters}}
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Category:2013 non-fiction books