Displaying 1 of 1 2016 Format: Book Author: Price, S. L. (Scott L.), 1962- author. Title: Playing through the whistle : steel, football, and an American town / S.L. Price. Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Atlantic Monthly Press, 2016. Description: x, 550 pages : map ; 24 cm 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. Subjects: Football -- Pennsylvania -- Aliquippa -- History. Steel industry and trade -- Pennsylvania -- Aliquippa -- History. Iron and steel workers -- Pennsylvania -- Aliquippa -- History. Aliquippa (Pa.) -- History. Notes: 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. ISBN: 9780802125644 0802125646 * 9780802190093 9780802125644 (hbk.) 0802125646 (hbk.) Other Number: 939426739 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 614771 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: 796.332 Price Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
