Friday Night Lights by H G Bissinger
Bissinger spent a season in Odessa discovering just what makes a town pin its hopes on eleven boys on a football field. He returned with a compassionate but hard-eyed story of a town riven by money, race and class, where a high school can spend more on medical supplies for its athletic program than on its English department.
Superb and disturbing - More than a sports book, it's a search for the America of ordinary people* Newsday *
A remarkable book, fascinating from start to finish, full of surprises. * David Halberstam *
Friday Night Lights offers 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. * New York Times Book Review *
Just about everything you could ask for in a sports book * New York Times *
A remarkable book, fascinating from start to finish, full of surprises. * David Halberstam *
Friday Night Lights offers 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. * New York Times Book Review *
Just about everything you could ask for in a sports book * New York Times *
H. G. Bissinger has won the Pulitzer Prize, the Livingston Award, the National Headliner Award, and the American Bar Association's Silver Gavel for his reporting. He is the author of the highly acclaimed A Prayer for the City, and is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair. He lives in Philadelphia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780224076746 |
| ISBN 10 | 0224076744 |
| Title | Friday Night Lights |
| Author | H G Bissinger |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2005-04-28 |
| Number of pages | 416 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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