Sidelines

Sidelines Is An Insiders Look At The Fascinating World Of High-school Football, And, Beyond That, It Is Also About The Death And Rebirth Of The American Community. Stuart Albright Uses Football To Explore Our Nations Complicated History Of Race And Public Education And To Explain Why Some Communities Continue To Thrive While Others Are Slowly Dying Away. Sidelines Tells The Story Of Nine Very Different Communities Across North Carolina, From Deep In The Appalachian Mountains Where A Team Of Cherokee Indians Carry The Hopes Of An Entire Tribe On Its Shoulders, To Military Outposts Where The War In Iraq Dominates Every Aspect Of Daily Life.