Friday night lights
Subtitle: a town, a team, and a dream
By: H.G. Bissinger.
Publisher: Addison-Wesley Pub. Co.
Published: 1990
Place of publication: Reading, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 357
Subjects: Permian High School (Odessa, Tex.) -- Football; Football -- Social aspects -- Texas -- Odessa
Description: Return once again to the timeless account of the Permian Panthers of Odessa--the winningest high-school football team in Texas history. Odessa is not known to be a town big on dreams, but the Panthers help keep the hopes and dreams of this small, dusty town going. Socially and racially divided, its fragile economy follows the treacherous boom-bust path of the oil business. In bad times, the unemployment rate barrels out of control; in good times, its murder rate skyrockets. But every Friday night from September to December, when the Permian High School Panthers play football, this West Texas town becomes a place where dreams can come true.