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“If you love football, especially high school football, you will love this book. (Albright) has written what could be the definitive word on the subject.” - Sun Journal
"A remarkable book." - News and Observer
Click here to order Sidelines.
For an autographed copy of Sidelines, please send a check for $20 to Stuart Albright at the following address:
2704 Bexley Avenue
Durham, NC 27707
Sidelines can also be purchased on amazon.com, as well as the following retail stores across North Caroliona:
Malaprop's Bookstore (Asheville)
City Lights Bookstore (Sylva)
The Frame Gallery (Gastonia)
Medical Center Pharmacy (Gastonia)
Access Books (Pilot Mountain)
Pages Bookstore (Mt. Airy)
The Regulator Bookstore (Durham)
Quail Ridge Books (Raleigh)
Every Friday night in autumn, stadium lights illuminate the rural farmlands and concrete cityscapes of America with a glimmer of hope. Sidelines is an insider’s 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 nation’s 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. We meet resilient coaches in urban schools on the brink of state take-overs and men who lived through segregation, fire bombings, and shattered dreams. Sidelines profiles ordinary coaches and community leaders who do extraordinary things.
Communities profiled include:
Cherokee HS, Asheville HS, Ashbrook HS, Carver HS, East Surry HS, Jordan HS, E.E. Smith HS, SW Onslow HS, New Bern HS
Upcoming appearances:
September 12, 7:00 PM - book signing at Malaprop's Bookstore in Asheville, NC
September 29, 7:00 PM - book signing at the Regulator Bookshop in Durham, NC