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The Boys In the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
For readers of Laura Hillenbrand's Seabiscuit and Unbroken, comes The Boys In the Boat: the dramatic story of the American rowing team that stunned the world at Hitler's 1936 Berlin Olympics.
The Boys in the Boat draws on the boys' own diaries/journals, as well as their vivid memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared Olympic dream.
Daniel James Brown has created a portrait of an era that is both a celebration of a remarkable achievement, and a chronicle of one extraordinary young man's personal quest all in one immensely satisfying book.