Tuesday, February 16, 2021 - For a lot of people, North Dakota’s last oil boom became a beckoning call of the wild. Mostly men from around the country, even the world, flocked to The Bakken to make fast money from the mineral-rich earth. But our guest today was seeking something more. Singer-songwriter, playwright and author Michael Patrick F. Smith is out with his debut book today, on Penguin Random House. It’s called “The Good Hand: a Memoir of Work, Brotherhood, and Transformation in an American Boomtown.” Prairie Public's Erik Deatherage, who knows the author from their days in Maryland, hosts this conversation.
Michael Patrick F. Smith, "The Good Hand"
