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Friday Night Lights (gift): A Town, A Team And A Dream - H.G. Bissinger
Friday Night Lights (gift): A Town, A Team And A Dream
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Return once again to the enduring account of life in the Mojo lane, to 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.... show more
Return once again to the enduring account of life in the Mojo lane, to 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, Bissinger chronicles one of the Panthers' dramatic seasons and shows how single-minded devotion to the team shapes the community and inspires--and sometimes shatters--the teenagers who wear the Panthers' uniforms.
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9780306812828 (0306812827)
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Pages no: 416
Edition language: English
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Chris' Fish Place
Chris' Fish Place rated it
1.0 Friday Night Lights
Dear Mr. Bissinger,I think watching the Intelligent Squared debate you were in is great. I loved the television series based on this book. I learned something about myself while reading this. Even good writing such as yours, does not make me care a whit about football.
Title and Statement of Responsibility
Title and Statement of Responsibility rated it
4.0 Friday Night Lights
Bissinger uses this year in the life of a Texas high school football team to examine race, class, history, economy, and--most disturbingly--the obsession with football that prioritizes the sport over everything else.
Itinerant Librarian on Books
Itinerant Librarian on Books rated it
4.0 Friday Night Lights
See my blog post on it:http://gypsylibrarian.blogspot.com/2005/03/booknote-friday-night-lights.html
willemite
willemite rated it
Bissinger, a writer for the Philadelphia Inquirer, chronicles a year in the life of Odessa Texas, and more particularly the Permian High School Panther football team, the social nexus of this third rate town. It follows the stories of players for the team, present and past, as well as a look at som...
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