Title:
Friday night lights : a town, a team, and a dream
Author:
Bissinger, Buzz, 1954-
Personal Author:
Edition:
25th anniversary edition.
Publication Information:
Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Press, a member of the Perseus Books Group, [2015]
©1990
Physical Description:
xiv, 413 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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.
General Note:
"With a new afterword by the author"--Cover.
"Reader's guide inside"--Cover.
Language:
English
Contents:
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.
Geographic Term:
ISBN:
9780306824210
9780306824203
Format :
Book
