EAN: 9780143125471

THE BOYS IN THE BOAT - DANIEL J BROWN KARTONIER...

The #1 New York Times-bestselling story about American Olympic triumph in Nazi Germany and now
the inspiration for the PBS documentary "The Boys of '36'."  For readers of Unbroken  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 Washington's 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.

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