{"product_id":"9780786735860","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)","brand":"Da Capo Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47077692604656,"sku":"9780786735860","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780786735860","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}