Trade paperback edition in very good condition.
“Good crews are good blends of personalities: someone to lead the charge, someone to hold something in reserve; someone to pick a fight, someone to make peace; someone to think things through, someone to charge ahead without thinking.”
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 a 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 remarkable achievement, and a chronicle of one extraordinary young man’s personal quest.
Read Alikes for The Boys in the Boat: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand; Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand; Facing the Mountain by Daniel James Brown; The Wager by David Grann
Trade paperback edition in very good condition.
“Good crews are good blends of personalities: someone to lead the charge, someone to hold something in reserve; someone to pick a fight, someone to make peace; someone to think things through, someone to charge ahead without thinking.”
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 a 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 remarkable achievement, and a chronicle of one extraordinary young man’s personal quest.
Read Alikes for The Boys in the Boat: Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand; Seabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand; Facing the Mountain by Daniel James Brown; The Wager by David Grann
ISBN 978-0-14-312547-1
Daniel James Brown
2013
ALA Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction Winner
