''The Frackers: The Outrageous Inside Story of the New Billionaire Wildcatters'' is the second non-fiction book by the American journalist

Gregory Zuckerman Gregory S. Zuckerman (born September 7, 1966) is a special writer at ''The Wall Street Journal'' and a non-fiction author. Education and family Gregory Zuckerman was born on September 7, 1966 to a Jewish-American family. He grew up in Rhode Islan ...

. It was released by Portfolio Publishing on 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. Greg discussed the book on C-Span in 2014, after its release.

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'' 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."

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