Authors: H. G. Bissinger, Rob Clark
ISBN-13: 9780306809903, ISBN-10: 0306809907
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Date Published: August 2000
Edition: (Non-applicable)
In nonfiction bestsellers like Friday Night Lights, A Prayer for the City, and Three Nights in August, author/journalist Buzz Bissinger has demonstrated an undeniable knack for capturing the rhythms of life in big cities and small towns alike.
Return once again to the enduring account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa -- the winningest high school football team in Texas history.
A biting indictment of the sports craziness that grips...most of American society, while at the same time providing a moving evocation of its powerful allure.
Preface | xi | |
Prologue | 1 | |
Pre-Season | ||
1. | Odessa | 23 |
2. | The Watermelon Feed | 38 |
3. | Boobie | 53 |
The Season | ||
4. | Dreaming of Heroes | 73 |
5. | Black and White | 89 |
6. | The Ambivalence of Ivory | 111 |
7. | School Days | 128 |
8. | East Versus West | 153 |
9. | Friday Night Politics | 173 |
10. | Boobie Who? | 194 |
Push for the Playoffs | ||
11. | Sisters | 211 |
12. | Civil War | 233 |
13. | Heads or Tails | 251 |
Post-Season | ||
14. | Friday Night Addiction | 267 |
15. | The Algebraic Equation | 291 |
16. | Field of Dreams | 313 |
Epilogue | 339 | |
Afterword | 357 | |
Acknowledgments | 364 | |
List of Illustrations | 365 |