Friday Night Lights

A Town, A Team, and a Dream
H. G. Bissinger - 2000 Da Capo Press

Friday Night Lights is not just an intriguing read of a town, a team and a dream but also an enchanting, journalistic work that ranks alongside Maraniss' When Pride Still Mattered and other exemplary works of sports journalism. 

While many may be familiar with the film and TV series this book inspired, that should not allow them to overlook the fascinating portrait that Bissinger paints of small towns and football, wound as tightly together as the bindings of a book. 

The reading is easy and enjoyable and the story is at once engaging, sympathetic, painful and honest.  In all, a highly recommended read.