The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Book Ranked #17303 | 2013 - Sports, Other
Now a Major Motion Picture Directed by George ClooneyThe #1 New York Times'bestselling story about the American Olympic rowing triumph in Nazi Germany'from the author of Facing the Mountain.For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times'the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant. It was an unlikely quest from the start. With a team composed of the sons of loggers, ... More from Google
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