The boys in the boat : nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Record details
- ISBN: 9781101622742 (ebook)
- ISBN: 9780143125471 (paperback)
- ISBN: 067002581X (hardcover)
- ISBN: 9780670025817 (hardcover)
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Physical Description:
404 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
print - Publisher: New York : Viking, [2013]
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | 1899-1933 What seasons they have been through -- 1934: Resiliency -- 1935: The parts that really matter -- 1936: Touching the divine. |
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Subject: | Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany) University of Washington Rowing History Rowers United States Biography Rowing United States History |
Available copies
- 0 of 5 copies available at Kenton County.
Holds
- 6 current holds with 5 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Covington Branch | 797.123 B877b 2013 (Text) | 33126020300327 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 04/14/2024 |
Covington Branch | 797.123 B877b 2013 (Text) | 33126025992649 | Adult Nonfiction | On holds shelf | - |
Erlanger Branch | 797.123 B877b 2013 (Text) | 33126025992664 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 04/22/2024 |
Erlanger Branch | 797.123 B877b 2013 (Text) | 33126025992672 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 04/01/2024 |
Independence Branch | 797.123 B877b 2013 (Text) | 33126025992656 | Adult Nonfiction | Checked out | 04/13/2024 |
- Library Journal Reviews : LJ Reviews 2013 January #1
How the working-class lads on the University of Washington's eight-oar crew beat out elite teams to win 1936 Olympic gold. Rights to nine countries.
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In this sweeping saga, Brown (Under a Flaming Sky; The Indifferent Stars Above) vividly relates how, in 1936, nine working-class rowers from the University of Washington captured gold at the Berlin Olympics. Mentored not just by their coach but by legendary boat-builder George Pocock, these athletes overcame the hopelessness common during the Great Depression by learning to trust themselves and one another, and by rowing with grace and power. The crew's camaraderie and unmatched precision surpassed expectations, shocking the sporting world. Brown faithfully conveys rowing's stoic persistence, passion, and pain. He captures how and why this team rowed in flawless harmony. The story's depth comes from the memories that rower Joe Rantz shared with Brown shortly before his death as well as from Brown's interviews with crewmates' friends and family and their archives. In a brief epilog, Brown comments on the rowers' post-Olympic accomplishments. VERDICT Those who enjoy reading about Olympic history or amateur or collegiate sports will savor Brown's superb book, much as they would enjoy David Halberstam's The Amateurs: The Story of Four Young Men and Their Quest for an Olympic Gold Medal, which examined the 1984 single scull trials.âJerry P. Miller, Cambridge, MA
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