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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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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.

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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

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This is book 89 of 100 in ALA's Top 100 Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009. (authoritative list)

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  1. H. G. Bissinger (Author)

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Original Language: English
Publisher: Addison Wesley
Country: USA
Publication Date: 1990
ISBN: 0201196778
Page Count: 357

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  • Library of Congress: GV 958.P47 .B57 1990
  • Dewey: 973

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