The boys in the boat : nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Brown, Daniel James, 1951-2023
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Out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant. It was an unlikely quest from the start. With a team composed of the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washingtons eight-oar crew team was never expected to defeat the elite teams of the East Coast and Great Britain, yet they did, going on to shock the world by defeating the German team rowing for Adolf Hitler. The emotional heart of the tale lies with Joe Rantz, a teenager without family or prospects, who rows not only to regain his shattered self-regard but also to find a real place for himself in the world. Drawing on the boys' own journals and vivid memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream, Brown has created an unforgettable portrait of an era, a celebration of a remarkable achievement, and a chronicle of one extraordinary young man's personal quest.
Brown, Daniel James, 1951-, author
[New York] : Penguin Books, 2023.©2013
403, 13 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
"Now a major motion picture directed by George Clooney"--Front cover.Includes an excerpt from Daniel James Brown's newest book, 'Facing the mountain'.First published in the United States of America by Viking, an imprint of Penguin Random House Books LLC, 2013. Published in Penguin Books 2014.Includes bibliographical references (pages 376-391) and index.
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English
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