Friday night lights : a town, a team, and a dream
(Book)

"With a new afterword by the author"--Cover.

"Reader's guide inside"--Cover.

"Pulitzer Prize-winning author H. G. Bissinger unforgettably captures a season in the life of Odessa: the coaches, parents, fans, and--most of all--the players, who carry an entire citys self-respect on their shoulders. From the prayer that opens the Watermelon Feed before the first game, through the heart-stopping season and its dramatic ending, Bissinger renders a taut, indelible scene: the stale sweltering air, the demanding play on the field, the exhilarating wins, and the punishing--sometimes devastating--losses. Friday Night Lights is both a deeply moving story and a deeply disturbing one. It is a startling examination of the role of high school sports in America--but it is about much more than just sports. As David Halberstam writes: “By choosing to write about something small--the culture of high school football in a Texas town--Bissinger has ended up writing about something large: the core values in our society.”"--Amazon.com.