Description: "[C]hronicles three seasons on the field with the Texas Express, a semiprofessional team in the Dynamic Texas Football Association"--
Brief description: Rick Bass is a Texas native now living in Montana. Recognized by numerous Pushcart Prizes and the O. Henry Awards as well as the Texas Institute of Letters, Bass continues to publish celebrated fiction and nonfiction about the natural world and humans' place in it. His recent books include For A Little While: New and Selected Stories and The Traveling Feast: On the Road and at the Table with My Heroes.
Review Quotes: "'To me, football is a living system, ' says a character in Rick Bass's excellent new book, Wrecking Ball. Bass takes the reader on a lively and moving journey through that living system at a fundamental level, avoiding the glitter and gloss of big-time football."--W. K. Stratton, author of The Wild Bunch: Sam Peckinpah, a Revolution in Hollywood, and the Making of a Legendary Film