The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
The #1 New York Times–bestselling story about the American Olympic rowing triumph in Nazi Germany—from the author of Facing the Mountain. For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times—the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant.
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I really want to give it 3.5 and have gone back and forth over how to rate it. I loved the Seattle descriptions and the character details but the race details were lengthy and laborious. Overall a good story, well-written.
“So is life: the very problems you must overcome also support you and make you stronger in overcoming them.” -George Pocock
A book with a great story and also full of wisdom applicable to all of us.
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