Rowing and the Quest for Gold at the 1936 Olympics
The sport of rowing comes to life in this spectacular history of the sport. Daniel James Brown's "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Olympics", In 1936 the World was on the cusp of a world war. Daniel Brown brings together several threads, the sport of rowing in the U.S., young men growing up in the Depression, Hitler's film maker, Leni Riefenstahl, and of course the great competition in the U.S. that made it all possible.
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The Boys in the Boat, by Daniel Brown (2013 - 416 pp)
Marvelous, inspiring story of the U-Washington coach and crew at Hitler's 1936 Olympics and their quest for gold against a heavily favored Nazi machine.