Friday night lights : a town, a team, and a dream /
"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 oil business. In bad times, the unemployment rate barrels out of contr...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: | [Cambridge, Mass.] : Da Capo Press, 2000 |
| Edition: | First Da Capo Press edition. |
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| 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 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 JACKET. |
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| Physical Description: | xiv, 367 pages, 28 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| ISBN: | 0306809907 |
| FOLIO Link: | View instance in FOLIO |