Itโs Never Too Late to Top Your Personal Best.
Both a riveting account of a life spent pulling off improbable triumphs and a report back from the front of the global-energy and natural-resource wars, The First Billion Is the Hardest tells the story of the remarkable late-life comeback that brought the famed oilman and maverick back from bankruptcy and clinical depression. Along the way, the man often called the โOracle of Oilโ shares the insights that have made him a legendโand describes the billion-dollar bets he is now making in hopes of securing Americaโs energy independence.
โSassy...breezes along...salted with earthy aphorisms.โโBloomberg Businessweek
โBooneโs analysis of Americaโ s energy situation is 100 percent on the money....The country should listen to himโ now!โ โWarren Buffett, chairman and CEO, Berkshire Hathaway
โSelf-deprecating and audacious...overall, itโs decidedly informative about the machinations of business.โ โDallas Morning News
โA fascinating, eye-opening book by one of Americaโs greatest iconoclasts and entrepreneurs. Boone Pickensโ sense of daring and innovation has never been sharper.โโSteve Forbes, president and CEO, Forbes Inc., and editor in chief of Forbes magazine