Odessa isn't known to be a place on big dream, but the Panthers help keep the hopes and dream of this 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 form September to December, when the Permian High School Panthers play football, this West Texas town becomes a place where dreams can come true.
With frankness and compassion, H. G. Bissinger chronicles 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 Panther's uniforms.
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