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Author:

Bissinger, H. G.

Title:

Friday night lights : a town, a team, and a dream / H.G. Bissinger.

Edition:

Da Capo Press movie tie-in ed.

Publisher:

Da Capo Press,

Copyright Date:

2004

Description:

xiv, 371 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Permian High School (Odessa, Tex.)--Football.
Football--Social aspects--Odessa.--Odessa.

Contents:

Prologue -- Pre-season: Odessa -- The watermelon feed -- Boobie -- The seaon: Dreaming of heroes -- Black and White -- The ambivalence of ivory -- School days -- East versus West -- Friday night politics -- Boobie who? -- Push for the playoffs: Sisters -- Civil war -- Heads or tails -- Post-season: Friday night addiction -- The algebraic equation -- Field of dreams -- Epilogue -- Afterword.

Summary:

Odessa isn't known to be a place big on dreams, but the Panthers help keep the hopes and dreams of this dusty town going. Socially and racially divided, its fragile economy follows the treacherous boom-bust path of the idol 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. [In this book, the author] 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.-Back cover.

ISBN:

0306813742 (pbk.) :
9780306813740

OCLC:

(OCoLC)56408221

LCCN:

2004559122

Locations:

O4AX446 -- Chadwick Library

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

MNPB553 -- Bancroft Public Library (Bancroft)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

CDPF771 -- Clive Public Library (Clive)

5QSX314 -- Beckman High School (Dyersville)

LBPB837 -- Elk Horn Public Library (Elk Horn)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

EEPC605 -- George Public Library (George)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

SDPB094 -- Janesville Public Library (Janesville)

S1PD771 -- Johnston Public Library (Johnston)

NEPC953 -- Lake Mills Public Library (Lake Mills)

YVPA232 -- Lost Nation Public Library (Lost Nation)

FFPC194 -- Nashua Public Library (Nashua)

CHPB482 -- North English Public Library (North English)

AWPD207 -- Osceola Public Library (Osceola)

OMAX631 -- Geisler Learning Resource Cntr (Pella)

GMPD771 -- Pleasant Hill Public Library (Pleasant Hill)

GWPB501 -- Prairie City Public Library (Prairie City)

PBPC546 -- Sigourney Public Library (Sigourney)

OUAX845 -- Dordt University (Sioux Center)

TWPC862 -- Toledo Public Library (Toledo)

SSPB104 -- Winthrop Public Library (Winthrop)