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Description edit
In the state of Texas American football is a religion. And nowhere is more fanatical about its football than the small town of Odessa. There, every Friday night from September to November, a bunch of seventeen-year-old kids play their hearts out for the honour of their high school. In front of... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Boobie Miles: Boobie Miles is the running back of the Permian Panthers.
- Gary Gaines: Head Coach for the Permian Panthers
- Carter: Plays for the panthers
- Mike Winchell: Is the quarterback for the Permian Panthers
- Gary Edwards: Add a description of this character.
- Don Billingsley
- L.v.: Boobie Miles Uncle and Guardian
- Marshall
- James
- Charlie Billingsley
- Laurence Hurd
- Dukakis
- Wilkins
- Giebel
- Belew
- Mcdougal
- Brian Chavez: Chavez is the tight end for the panthers
- Billy
- Jerrod
- Derric
- Joe Bill
- Hill: Hill is the split end for the panthers
- Lee
- Mccutchen
- Bush
- Perot
- Miller
- Robert Brown: Brown is the flanker{wide receiver} for the panthers
- Hanson
- Davis
- Butler
- Russeau
- Joe Bob Bizzell
- Gomez
- Tony
- Andrews
- George
- Kirby
First Sentence edit
IN THE BEGINNING, ON A DOG-DAY MONDAY IN THE MIDDLE OF August when the West Texas heat congealed in the sky, there were only the stirrings of dreams.
Table of Contents edit
Preface
Prologue
PRE-SEASON
1. Odessa
2. The Watermelon Feed
3. Boobie
THE SEASON
4. Dreaming of Heroes
5. Black and White
6. The Ambivalence of Ivory
7. School Days
8. East Versus West
9. Friday Night Politics
10. Boobie Who?
PUSH FOR THE PLAYOFFS
11. Sisters
12. Civil War
13. Heads or Tails
POST-SEASON
14. Friday Night Addiction
15. The Algebraic Equation
16. Field of Dreams
Epilogue
Afterword
Acknowledgements
Series & Lists edit
This is book 89 of 100 in ALA's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009. (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- H. G. Bissinger (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 0201196778
Page Count: 357
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 0201196778
Page Count: 357
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: GV 958.P47 .B57 1990
- Dewey: 973
Subjects edit
- Books › History › Americas › United States › 20th Century › 1945 - Present
- Books › History › Historical Study › Social History
- Books › History › World › 20th Century
- Books › Sports › Football (American)
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