"As different as we all are in situations, needs, and views, we hold the world in common. In this brilliant ethnography, Colin Jerolmack vividly highlights this basic environmental conundrum with his compelling account of the local conflicts over fracking in the countryside around Williamsport, Pennsylvania"-- Provided by publisher.

Introduction: Land of the Freehold -- Billtown -- Boomtown -- The Fracking Lottery -- My Land -- The Public/Private Paradox -- Indentured -- Unmoored -- Overruled -- Town and Country -- Our Land -- Conclusion: Bust and Beyond.