The inspiration for the hit television program and film of the same name, this anniversary edition features a new afterword by the author. Bissinger unforgettably captures a season in the life of Odessa and shows how single-minded devotion to the team shapes the community and inspires - and sometimes shatters - the teenagers who wear the Panthers' uniforms. Bissinger is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of five books, including the New York Times bestsellers Three Nights in August and Friday Night Lights. With frankness and compassion, Pulitzer Prize winner H. Socially and racially divided, Odessa isn't known to be a place big on dreams, but every Friday night from September to December, when the Panthers play football, dreams can come true. Return once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa - the winningest high-school football team in Texas history. Named Sports Illustrated' s best football book of all time and a #1 NYT bestseller, this is the classic story of a high school football team whose win-loss record has a profound influence on the town around them.

Bissinger that explores the American phenomenon of high school football in. I was on an airplane one Friday night when I was reading this book. Like New Condition except for Inscription on first page. Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream is a 1990 nonfiction book by H. The author has written for the television series NYPD Blue and is a contributing. Nathanial Hearne was one of the football coaches at. It was a national bestseller that was made into a movie and a television series by the same name. That book followed the story of the 1988 Permian High School football team in Odessa, Texas. Paperback 25th Anniversary Edition Printed 2015 by Da Capo Press Bissinger released a book called Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, and A Dream.

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