Table of Contents
Maps xiv
A Note 3
Prologue 7
Part I Hoopies
1 Fair 2010 11
2 When the Boom Began 18
3 The Mess Next Door 29
4 Arsenip 37
5 Airborne 46
6 Hoopies 55
7 "One Head & One Heart, & Live in True Friendship & Amity as One People" 62
8 Doubters 68
9 Hang 'Em High 78
10 Blood and Urine 85
11 Airport 97
Part II Burden of Proof
12 "Mr. and Mrs. Atticus Finch" 105
13 Mutual Distrust 123
14 Buzz 131
15 Missing Pages 136
16 Rainbow Water 142
17 "Dear Mr. President" 148
18 Insurgents 155
19 Burden of Proof 159
20 Policing the State 165
21 What Money Does 174
22 Ruin is the Destination toward Which All Men Rush 193
23 Remote People 200
24 Ignorant Motherfuckers 208
25 A Special Agent 219
26 Full Metal Jacket 225
Part III The Right to Clean Air and Pure Water
27 The Right to Clean Air and Pure Water 235
28 Dreams 243
29 Closing Down the Ponds 248
30 Chasing Ghosts 259
31 "The Junkyard Plaintiff" 266
32 Diva 270
33 Fair 2016 278
Epilogue: White Hats 289
Postscript 301
A Note on Sources 307
Notes 309
Acknowledgments 317