The Boys In the Boat : Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest For Gold At the 1936 Olympics
Publishers Weekly : Doughty rowers heave against hard times and Nazis in this rousing sports adventure. Brown (Under a Flaming Sky) follows the exploits of the University of Washington’s eight-man crew, whose national dynasty culminated in a gold medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Brown tells it as an all-American story of humble working-class boys […]