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=H.G.Bissinger=



- Alexander Barbee

H.G. Bissinger is one of the most aclaimed writers in america for his works on books such as Three Nights In August, A prayer For The City, and Friday Night Lights. He was born in New York city, New york on November 1st,1954. Later in his life he went to and graduted from the University of Pennsylvania in 1970. After graduating he to work at Paul Pioneer Press. He later became part of The Pennsyilvania Inquirer, he later quit in 1988. In 1988 he went to the town of Odessa, Texas where he found his addiction to highschool sports and the effect they had on the small town. He later published his book on the expierences at this town in 1989. Afterward Friday night lights became a movie as well as a T.V. show. He has won multiple awards for Friday Night Lights as well as his other works. Afterward he created other books, as well as becoming a reporter for some of the nations major news papers, and was a coproducer in the ABC drama NYPD Blue. Recently H.G. Bissinger has wrote yet another book called Shooting Stars it will be published this September (2009). It may be yet another trophy on his wall.

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=Odeesa,Texas= = =

-Alexander Barbee

Odessa Texas is a town that can be found in the midlands of Texas that has a very unusual history. To start with their are many legends as to how odessa got its name. From russian workers to indian massacures, however the real reason that Odessa got its name was because many people way back when thought that it could become a huge wheat distribution center, because of location and the railroad that ran through it.The town was named after Odessa,Russia (the wheat distribution center of the "old world"), however the wheat business didn't last all that long. Later in Odessa's History It was sicovered that there was oil around it, during World War II the population grew as oil began to get drilled for the war effort.The town became famous because of the book Friday Night Lights that was published 1989. Currently Odessa is still famous for it's High School Sports Teams and is also known as the Jack Rabbit Capitol Of Texas. This is because it ahs the largest Jack Rabbit sculpture in the world. this town has alot of history and now has many tourist attrctions.

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