Amity and Prosperity: One Family and the Fracturing of America

Compare and contrast how Stacey, Beth, and Buzz each handle their fight with Range Resources. How does the struggle alter each character throughout the story?

Though Amity and Prosperity is a nonfiction book, Griswold frequently uses literary devices in the course of the book’s narrative. Discuss three of these literary devices and the effects they have on the reader. Why does Griswold choose to use them?

In Chapter 22, Griswold discusses the concept of the Tragedy of the Commons, an economic principle stating that commonly-held resources will always be dilapidated by individual greed. How does Tragedy of the Commons relate to Range Resources’ fracking in Amity? Do you believe that it is possible to maintain a public commons?