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Author Price, S. L. (Scott L.), 1962- author.

Title Playing through the whistle : steel, football, and an American town / S.L. Price.

Publication Info. New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2016.

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 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  796.332 PRICE    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  796.332 PRICE    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  796.3326 PRICE    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  796.3326 PRICE    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description x, 550 pages : map ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-536) and index.
Contents The Red and the Black -- Little Hell -- Free Men -- Bootstraps -- A War Game -- Father Backs Up -- Crossfire -- Mother's Oats -- Mr. Lucky -- Halls of Anger -- The Crack -- Darkness on the Edge -- You-Know-Who -- Up in Smoke -- Mauling Apollo -- Shiny Things -- Last Ones Laughing -- When the World Opens -- Iron Buttons -- Family Matters.
Summary "A Sports Illustrated senior writer presents a moving epic of football in industrial America, tracing the story of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania's now-shuttered steel mill, and its legendary high school football team,"--NoveList.
Subject Football -- Pennsylvania -- Aliquippa -- History.
Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Aliquippa -- History.
Iron and steel workers -- Pennsylvania -- Aliquippa -- History.
Aliquippa (Pa.) -- History.
ISBN 9780802125644
0802125646
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