Friday Night Lights A Town, a Team, and a Dream
Hardback (21 Jan 1990)
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Return once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa--the winningest high-school football team in Texas history. Odessa is not known to be a town big on dreams, but the Panthers help keep the hopes and dreams of this small, dusty town going. Socially and racially divided, its fragile economy follows the treacherous boom-bust path of the oil business. In bad times, the unemployment rate barrels out of control; in good times, its murder rate skyrockets. But every Friday night from September to December, when the Permian High School Panthers play football, this West Texas town becomes a place where dreams can come true. With frankness and compassion, H.G. Bissinger chronicles a season in the life of Odessa and shows how single-minded devotion to the team shapes the community and inspires--and sometimes shatters--the teenagers who wear the Panthers' uniforms.
Book information
ISBN: | 9780201196771 |
Publisher: | Da Capo Books |
Imprint: | Da Capo Press |
Pub date: | 21 Jan 1990 |
DEWEY: | 796.3326309764862 |
DEWEY edition: | 20 |
Number of pages: | 357 |
Weight: | 728g |
Height: | 241mm |
Width: | 165mm |
Spine width: | 36mm |