from JoEllen Moldoff
The Boys in the Boat by Daniel J. Brown
Come hear author Daniel James Brown on Thursday, September 5th at 5:00 pm in the Parish Hall at Emmanuel Church in Eastsound. A reception and book-signing will immediately follow at Darvill’s Book Store.
The Boys in the Boat is Daniel James Brown’s amazing book that tells the true story of the University of Washington’s 1936 rowing team and their epic quest for an Olympic Gold Medal. The exciting account of a team that transformed the sport and grabbed the attention of millions of people around the world.
The sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers from Seattle defeated elite rivals from Eastern and British Universities – and finally, the German crew rowing for Adolf Hitler by winning the Olympic Games in Berlin in 1936.
The emotional heart of the story lies with one rower, Joe Rantz, a teenager without a family or prospects, who rows not for glory, but to regain his shattered self-regard and to find a place he can call home. The crew is assembled by an enigmatic coach, and mentored by a visionary, eccentric British boat builder, but it is the boys’ trust in each other that makes them a victorious team. They remind the country of what can be done when everyone quite literally pulls together – an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times – the improbably, intimate story of nine-working class boys from the American west who, in the depths of the Great Depression, showed the world what true grit really meant.
The Boys in the Boat is not only a great and inspiring true story; it is a fascinating work of history that is being referred to as “Chariots of Fire – with oars.”
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