Home Field

For a fan, few things match the pleasure of entering a college football stadium on a Saturday afternoon. The significance of these buildings to their respective institutions can hardly be overestimated, especially their intangible way of drawing together students, alumni, and entire communities. In "Home Field: An Illustrated History of 120 College Football Stadiums," Richard Pennington explores the development of America's pigskin palaces, weaving together names, dates, and anecdotes that are funny, poignant and/or outrageous.