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Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream

H. G. Bissinger

What happens to a struggling town when it ties its hopes and pride to a high school football team?

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Author
H. G. Bissinger

Why read it

  • You will see how a town's pride and money can ride on teenagers
  • You will learn how race, class and school life show up in a football town
  • You will feel the pressure that fame, recruiters and promises put on teenage athletes

Who it is for

  • A coach, parent or fan who loves high school sports
  • A reader who likes close reporting on a place
  • Someone curious how small town pride is built

Contents

  1. FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
  2. FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
  3. A Town, a Team, and a Dream
  4. Preface
  5. Prologue
  6. PRESEASON
  7. Odessa
  8. The Watermelon Feed
  9. Boobie
  10. THE SEASON
  11. Dreaming of Heroes
  12. Black and White
  13. The Ambivalence of Ivory
  14. School Days
  15. East Versus West
  16. Friday Night Politics
  17. Boobie Who?
  18. PUSH FOR THE PLAYOFFS
  19. Sisters
  20. Civil War
  21. Heads or Tails
  22. POSTSEASON
  23. Friday Night Addiction
  24. The Algebraic Equation
  25. Field of Dreams
  26. Epilogue
  27. Afte rwo rd

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