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Paperback. Pub Date :2013-06-06 Pages: 320 Language: English Publisher: Pan Macmillan This is an epic true-life journey to the heart of Hitlers Berlin Cast aside by his family at an early age. abandoned and left to fend. for himself in the woods of Washington State. young Joe Rantz turns to rowing as a way of escaping his past. What follows is an extraordinary journey. as Joe and eight other working-class boys exchange the sweat and dust of life in 1930s America for the promise of glory at the heart of Hitlers Berlin Stroke by stroke. a remarkable young man strives to regain his shattered self-regard. to dare again to trust in others -. and to find his way back home Told against the backdrop of the. Great Depression. The Boys in the Boat is narrative non-fiction of the first order; a personal story full of lyricism and unexpected beauty that rises above the grand sweep of hi...
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Daniel James Brown’s The Boys in the Boat is the kind of nonfiction book that reads like a novel. Centered around the life of Joe Rantz—a farmboy from the Pacific Northwest who was literally abandoned as a child—and set during the Great Depression, The Boys in the Boat is a character-driven story with a natural crescendo that will have you racing to the finish. In 1936, the University of Washington’s eight-oar crew team raced its way to the Berlin Olympics for an opportunity to challenge the greatest in the world. How this team, largely composed of rowers from “foggy coastal villages, damp dairy farms, and smoky lumber towns all over the state,” managed to work together and sacrifice toward their goal of defeating Hitler’s feared racers is half the story. The other half is equally fascinating, as Brown seamlessly weaves in the story of crew itself. This is fast-paced and emotional nonfiction about determination, bonds built by teamwork, and what it takes to achieve glory. —Chris Schluep
About the Author
Daniel James Brown is the author of two previous nonfiction books, The Indifferent Stars Above and Under a Flaming Sky, which was a finalist for a Barnes & Noble Discover Award. He has taught writing at San Jose State University and Stanford University. He lives outside Seattle.
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- PublisherPan Books
- Publication date2013
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