description: With frankness and compassion, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist H.G. Bissinger's national bestseller chronicles the dramatic 1988 season of the Permian Panthers--the winningest high school football team in Texas history. Friday Night Lights shows how the town's singleminded devotion to the team shapes the community and inspires (or shatters) the teenagers who wear the uniforms. Featured on "Sixty Minutes." 26 halftones.
language: English
title: Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
titlecomplete: Friday Night Lights: A Town, a Team, and a Dream
genres: Biography, School, High School, Sports, Adult, Nonfiction, Banned Books, History, Football, Journalism
ratings_count: 58789
places: Odessa, Texas, Texas
publisher: Publishing Mills