The Boys in the Boat : nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

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The work The Boys in the Boat : nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Greentown Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Language Material, Books.

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Label

The Boys in the Boat : nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Title remainder

nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

Statement of responsibility

Daniel James Brown

Creator

• trueBrown, Daniel, 1951-
• Brown, Daniel James, 1951-

Author

• Brown, Daniel James, 1951-

Subject

• trueRowing -- United States -- History
• trueOlympic athletes
• Large type books
• trueOlympic Games, 1936, Berlin, Germany
• trueRowers -- United States -- Biography
• trueWorking class men
• trueUniversity of Washington -- Rowing | History
• Rowing -- Washington (State) | Seattle -- History
• trueDetermination in men
• trueFriendship
• trueSports and Competition -- Racing | Boats
• Biographies
• trueSports and recreation -- Olympics
• trueSports and Competition -- Olympic Sports
• true1930s -- 1930 -- 1939
• Olympic Games, 1936, Berlin, Germany

Genre

• trueBiographies
• trueSports and Competition
• trueBiography
• trueSports and recreation

Language

eng

Summary

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

Storyline

• trueSweeping

Tone

• trueImpassioned
• trueInspiring

Writing style

• trueRichly detailed

Award

• ALA Notable Book, 2014
• Indies' Choice Book Awards, Adult Nonfiction, 2014.

Biography type

collective biography

Cataloging source

BTCTA

Dewey number

797.12309 BRO

Index

no index present

LC call number

GV796

LC item number

.B76 2014b

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1260

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Target audience

adult