{"product_id":"book-c1bp","title":"Playing through the Whistle","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom a \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e  senior writer, a moving epic of football and industrial America,  telling the story of Aliquippa, Pennsylvania, its now-shuttered steel  mill, and its legendary high school football team\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAliquippa, Pennsylvania, is famous for two things: the Jones and Laughlin Steel mill, an industrial behemoth that helped win World War  II, and football, with a high school team that has produced numerous NFL  stars including Mike Ditka and Darrelle Revis. But the mill, once the  fourth largest producer in America, closed for good in 2000. What  happens to a town when a dream dies? Does it just disappear?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003ePlaying through the Whistle\u003c\/i\u003e,  celebrated sports writer S. L. Price tells the story of this remarkable  place, its people, its players, and through it, a wider story of  American history from the turn of the twentieth century. Aliquippa has  been many things-a rigidly controlled company town, a booming racial and  ethnic melting pot, and, for a brief time, a workers' paradise. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrice  expertly traces this history, while also recounting the birth and  development of high school sports, from a minor pastime to a source of  civic pride to today, when it sometimes seems like the only way out of a  life of poverty, drug abuse, and crime. \u003ci\u003ePlaying through the Whistle\u003c\/i\u003e is a masterpiece of narrative journalism that will make you cry and cheer in equal measure.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Blackstone Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49295154348336,"sku":"BDc1bp","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49295154381104,"sku":"ZEc1bp","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49295154413872,"sku":"ZMc1bp","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/c1bp-Square-cover.jpg?v=1775811409","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-c1bp","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}