The Boys in the Boat : nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics / Daniel James Brown.
This is an epic true-life journey to the heart of Hitler's Berlin. Cast aside by his family at an early age, abandoned and left to fend for himself in the woods of Washington State, young Joe Rantz turns to rowing as a way of escaping his past. What follows is an extraordinary journey, as Joe and eight other working-class boys exchange the sweat and dust of life in 1930s America for the promise of glory at the heart of Hitler's Berlin. Stroke by stroke, a remarkable young man strives to regain his shattered self-regard, to dare again to trust in others - and to find his way back home. Told against the backdrop of the Great Depression, The Boys in the Boat is narrative non-fiction of the first order; a personal story full of lyricism and unexpected beauty that rises above the grand sweep of history, and captures instead the purest essence of what it means to be alive.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781594137792
- ISBN: 159413779X
- Physical Description: 741 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
- Edition: Large print edition.
- Publisher: Waterville, Maine : Large Print Press, A part of Gale Cengage Learning, 2014.
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Butler PL - Butler | LP 797.1 BRO (Text) | 73174005042781 | Adult: Large Print | Checked out | 04/04/2024 |
Carnegie PL of Steuben Co - Angola | LP 797.12 BRO (Text) | 33118000160450 | Adult: Large Print | In transit | - |
Greentown PL - Greentown | 797.12 BROWN LARGE PRINT (Text) | 75342000075938 | Adult Non-Fiction Large Print | Checked out | 04/18/2024 |
Hussey-Mayfield Mem. PL - Zionsville | LP 797.123 BROWN (Text) | 33946003001596 | Adult Large Print Nonfiction | In transit | - |
Indiana State Library - Indianapolis | [19018] ISLM GV796 .B76 2013 (Text) | 00000105547863 | Talking Books Large Type | Available | - |
Indiana State Library - Indianapolis | [19018] ISLM GV796 .B76 2013 (Text) | 00000105547871 | Talking Books Large Type | Checked out | 04/10/2024 |
Jefferson Co PL - Hanover Branch | LARGE 797.12 BROW (Text) | 39391100221504 | Large Print Nonfiction | Checked out | 04/11/2024 |
LaGrange Co PL - LaGrange Main Library | LP 797.12 BRO (Text) | 30477100689367 | Adult: Large Print Nonfiction | In transit | - |
Shelby Co PL - Shelbyville Main Library | LP 797.12 Bro (Text) | 78731000476196 | NF Large Print | Checked out | 04/10/2024 |
Thorntown PL - Thorntown | 797.12 BRO (Text) | 30034001203598 | Adult Non-Fiction | Checked out | 04/09/2024 |
Tyson Library - Versailles | LP 797.12 BRO (Text) | 31070500454901 | Adult Large Print | In transit | - |
Vernon Twp PL - Fortville | LPNF 797.12 BRO (Text) | 38301000012675 | Large Print | Checked out | 04/06/2024 |