Acknowledgments

We all know that a book is the product of many minds, but working with the University of Minnesota Press has shown me just how enriching and collaborative the process can really be. I wish to thank Leah Pennywark and Anne Carter for their professionalism and their patience. To Mike Stoffel, managing editor for scholarly books at the Press, I owe the stroke of genius that resulted in a better title for my book—Pipeline Noir—than my original one. Annie Berke at the Los Angeles Review of Books made some great edits to the article version of this work that I was able to incorporate into the book version here. Adrienne Unger used her journalist’s intrepidity to track down image rights holders at the critical moment. I owe much to those friends and colleagues who, with minimal prodding, agreed to read draft versions of this book, and so improved it: Elyse Graham, Séan Kennedy, Karen Lloyd, Douglas Pfeiffer, Bruce Robbins, and Mike Tondre. To Karen and Séamus, who together heavily subsidized this book by living with me, and it, for more years than might be considered reasonable, I give thanks and love beyond measure.