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The Boys in the Boat

An Epic Journey to the Heart of Hitler's Berlin

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The Boys in the Boat

By: Daniel James Brown
Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
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Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, this is the bestselling story about a rowing team's quest for Olympic gold in Nazi Germany.

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, Daniel James Brown's 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.

©2013 Daniel James Brown (P)2013 Penguin Audio Americas Olympics & Paralympics United States Water Sports Sports Inspiring American History

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I can’t recommend this book enough. So well researched. So insightful and recreated as if the author was there.
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This is a wonderful book narrated very well. I am not from the US and have limited knowledge and interest in rowing but the story was utterly absorbing. The description of the olympic race itself was so well written that I was completely engaged and feeling the emotiion as if I was there watching it. One of the best reads in months.

A completely absorbing read

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