{"product_id":"where-dreams-die-hard-carlton-stowers-9780306814976","title":"Where Dreams Die Hard: A Small American Town and Its Six-Man Football Team","description":"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. \u003ci\u003eWhere Dreams Die Hard\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eWhere the Heart Is\u003c\/i\u003e) \"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 \u003ci\u003eThe Junction Boys\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carlton Stowers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0306814978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306814976\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/08\/2006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.26h x 6.02w x 0.59d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKliatt\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2007 pg. 42","brand":"Carlton Stowers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43913615933695,"sku":"9780306814976","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_dea6c57e-a932-4b3e-96dc-e66d7de5fee3.jpg?v=1680621382","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/where-dreams-die-hard-carlton-stowers-9780306814976","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}