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Friday night lights : a town, a team, and a dream Cover Image Book

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

Bissinger, Buzz, 1954- (author.).

Summary:

H.G. Bissinger's exquisitely written account brings into sharp focus the bitter struggle between sports and education in Odessa, Texas, as well as in high schools and colleges nationwide.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9780306824210
  • ISBN: 0306824213
  • ISBN: 9780306824203
  • ISBN: 0306824205
  • Physical Description: xiv, 413 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
  • Edition: 25th anniversary edition.
  • Publisher: Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2015]

Content descriptions

General Note:
"With a new afterword by the author"--Cover.
Includes reader's guide.
Formatted Contents Note:
Prologue -- Pre-season: Odessa -- The watermelon feed -- Boobie -- The season: 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.

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Subject:
Permian High School (Odessa, Tex.) > Football.
Football > Social aspects > Texas > Odessa.
Genre:
Informational works.

Available copies

  • 9 of 9 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at McDowell County Public Library.

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Marion Library 796.33 BIS (Text) 37810435475438 Adult Nonfiction Available -