5/22/2023 0 Comments Hg bissinger booksThe book presents itself like an oral history of a town from it's economic rise and decline (based on oil), the fanatic culture around high school football, and takes accounts of 6 of the football players. Bissinger moved his family to Odessa and spent the entire 1988 football season with the Permian Panther players, their families, their coaches, and even many of the townspeople in an effort to understand the town and its football-mad culture. Permian High School and its football team, the Permian Panthers, had a substantial, rich history of winning in Texas' 4A and 5A division, having won championships in 1965, 1972, 1980, and 1984. Bissinger returned to The Inquirer briefly, received a Pulitzer Prize, and then took off in search of a community for which high school football was paramount. It was while he was at Harvard that the idea to write a book focused upon the role high school football plays within American society, in particular rural society, took hold. A quick wiki excerpt for those who haven't heard of the book.īissinger was a journalist for The Philadelphia Inquirer when he was selected as a Harvard Nieman Fellow. Never seen the show or the movie or even know much about football, but I heard this one was one of the best sports books written.
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