{"product_id":"where-dreams-die-hard-a-small-american-town-and-its-six-man-football-team-paperback","title":"Where Dreams Die Hard: A Small American Town and Its Six-Man Football Team - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCarlton Stowers\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDown 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)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarlton Stowers\u003c\/b\u003e has twice won the Edgar Award for the year's Best Fact Crime Book, for \u003ci\u003eCareless Whispers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTo the Last Breath\u003c\/i\u003e. He has written for \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated, People, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eTV Guide\u003c\/i\u003e, among other publications. He lives in Texas\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.59 x 8.26 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 08, 2006\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42193400070224,"sku":"9780306814976","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/9540\/0016\/files\/dDl6amMyZUJUQSt1ZEJMNE10RVIzZz09.webp?v=1775033457","url":"https:\/\/palm-malen-gift-shop-pmrc.myshopify.com\/products\/where-dreams-die-hard-a-small-american-town-and-its-six-man-football-team-paperback","provider":"Palm Malen Gift Shop -PMRC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}