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Really good account of of 9 American rowers from the Seattle area who come together and eventually make it to the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Very inspiring story about relationships and teamwork and effort. Some sad parts about the Great Depression in America and how one of them was abandoned by his family at a young age. Very worthwhile reading along the lines of Seabiscuit, etc. ( ![]() This book tells the true story of the University of Washington crew who represented the United States at the Berlin Olympics in 1936. I learned a lot about the sport of crew and what life was like during the Depression. While it purports to be about nine young men (The Boys in the Boat), it is mostly focused on Joe Rantz, and his story is told in depth. I wish the author had been able to provide this type depth on the other eight. My guess is that too much time had passed. I found the beginning a bit slow in developing, but the ending was fast-paced and fascinating. Audible book from Libby App. Good non-fiction emotional uplifting Book club book from Sherry/Christy Incredibly well-sourced and written with love and passion, this is a great in-depth story of the 1936 Olympic crew team. It misses four stars by being quite long and not pulling in more global details as it focuses on the life of one crew member in particular.
In “The Boys on the Boat,” Daniel James Brown tells the astonishing story of the UW’s 1936 eight-oar varsity crew and its rise from obscurity to fame, drawing on interviews with the surviving members of the team and their diaries, journals and photographs. A writer and former writing teacher at Stanford and San Diego, Brown lives outside of Seattle, where one of his elderly neighbors harbored a history Brown never imagined: he was Joe Rantz, one of the members of the iconic UW 1936 crew. [Daniel James] Brown's book juxtaposes the coming together of the Washington crew team against the Nazis' preparations for the [1936 Berlin Olympic] Games, weaving together a history that feels both intimately personal and weighty in its larger historical implications. This book has already been bought for cinematic development, and it's easy to see why: When Brown, a Seattle-based nonfiction writer, describes a race, you feel the splash as the oars slice the water, the burning in the young men's muscles and the incredible drive that propelled these rowers to glory. Has as a student's study guide
This is the remarkable story of the University of Washington's 1936 eight-oar crew and their epic quest for an Olympic gold medal. The sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the boys defeated elite rivals first from eastern and British universities and finally the German crew rowing for Adolf Hitler in the Olympic games in Berlin, 1936. No library descriptions found. |
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