Where Dreams Die Hard: A Small American Town and Its Six-Man Football Team - Softcover

Stowers, Carlton

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0306814978 ISBN 13: 9780306814976

Publisher: Da Capo Press, 2006

Synopsis

Down Farm Road 308, an hour's drive south of Dallas, amidst sprawling fields of cotton lies a small community--Penelope, Texas (population 211). Here, where the only thriving businesses are the granary and the post office, unless you count the soft-drink machine in front of the fire station, two-time Edgar Award-winning writer Carlton Stowers discovered a special town that came together, not only to support their six-man highschool football team--the Penelope Wolverines--through thick and a lot of thin, but also, and more importantly, each other. Where Dreams Die Hard is a warm and revealing portrait of the American heartland--and of one small town's love affair with the team that unites it. "Through his unforgettable depiction of innocence, goodness, loyalty, and friendship...Carlton Stowers gives us a moving portrait of a community that, in the words of one of the Penelope faithful, is like 'stepping into a Norman Rockwell painting.'" (Billie Letts, author of Where the Heart Is) "High school football in Texas is both sport and religion, and Stowers brilliantly brings this to light in Where Dreams Die Hard." (Jim Dent, author of The Junction Boys)

About this title

From the Back Cover:

Carlton Stowers has written an evocative tale about a tiny Texas town and its undying love for their community and football team. High school football in Texas is both sport and religion, and Stowers brilliantly brings this to light in Where Dreams Die Hard" (Jim Dent, author of NY Times bestseller, The Junction Boys)

"Where Dreams Die Hard> is about so much more than six-man football. Through his unforgettable depiction of innocence, goodness, loyalty, and friendship in the Texas town of Penelope (population 211), Carlton Stowers gives us a moving portrait of a community that, in the words of one of the Penelope faithful, is "like stepping into a Norman Rockwell painting." (Billie Letts, author of the Oprah Bookclub pick, Where the Heart Is)

About the Author:

Carlton Stowers has twice won the Edgar Award for the year's Best Fact Crime Book, for Careless Whispers and To the Last Breath. He has written for Sports Illustrated, People, and TV Guide, among other publications. He lives in Texas.

About this edition

• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0306814978
• ISBN 13: 9780306814976
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 206