Football Dreams (novel)
Encyclopedia
Football Dreams is a novel
by the American
writer David Guy set in 1960s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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It tells the coming-of-age story of Dan Keith as he negotiates the demands of American football culture at Arnold Academy, a boy's prep school in suburban Pittsburgh. (Arnold Academy is modeled on the author's autobiographical experiences at Shady Side Academy
).
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
by the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
writer David Guy set in 1960s Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
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It tells the coming-of-age story of Dan Keith as he negotiates the demands of American football culture at Arnold Academy, a boy's prep school in suburban Pittsburgh. (Arnold Academy is modeled on the author's autobiographical experiences at Shady Side Academy
Shady Side Academy
Shady Side Academy is a private, secular coeducational PK-12 preparatory school located on three campuses in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, established in 1883.- Campuses :Shady Side Academy has three campuses in Pittsburgh....
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