PublishedDa Capo, August 2015 |
ISBN9780306824203 |
FormatSoftcover, 432 pages |
Dimensions20.8cm × 14cm × 3cm |
The 25th anniversary edition of the #1 New York Times bestseller and Sports Illustrated 's best football book of all time, with a new afterword by the authorReturn once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa,the winningest high-school football team in Texas history.
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.With frankness and compassion, H. G. 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.