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Jun 4, 2013 · 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.
Jun 4, 2013 · Drawing on the boys' own diaries and journals, their photos and memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream, The Boys in the Boat is an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times—the improbable, intimate story of nine working-class boys from the American west who, in the depths of the Great ...
Mar 30, 2021 · I will never look at that wooden boat the same again.”—Mary Whipple, Olympic gold medal–winning coxswain, women’s eight-oared crew, 2008 and 2012 “THE BOYS IN THE BOAT is not only a great and inspiring true story; it is a fascinating work of history.” —Nathaniel Philbrick, author of Mayflower and In the Heart of the Sea “In 1936 ...
Jun 4, 2013 · 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.
Dec 25, 2023 · The Boys in the Boat is a sports drama based on the #1 New York Times bestselling non-fiction book written by Daniel James Brown. The film, directed by George Clooney, is about the 1936 University of Washington rowing team that competed for gold at the Summer Olympics in Berlin. This inspirational true story follows a group of underdogs at the height of the Great Depression as they are thrust ...
Q: The Boys in the Boat is an incredible combination of history and the personal, heartwarming story of Joe Rantz and the rest of the young men who made up the gold medal-winning team at the 1936 Olympics, as well as a history of crew in the United States. That’s a lot of ground to cover.
These boys were competing in an elite sport normally thought of as belonging to the privileged rich of the East Coast. Often compared to Laura Hillenbrand's Unbroken, I found The Boys in the Boat more in tune with another of her books, Seabiscuit: An American Legend, with its emphasis on sport, the Depression, and a fascinating cast.
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