The boys in the boat : an epic true-life journey to the heart of Hitler's Berlin / Daniel James Brown.
Publication details: London : Macmillan, 2013.Description: 404 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 9780230768895
- Epic true-life journey to the heart of Hitler's Berlin
- Rantz, Joe
- University of Washington -- Rowing -- History
- University of Washington -- Rowing -- History
- Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany)
- Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany)
- Rowing -- United States -- History
- Rowers -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Rowers -- United States -- Biography
- 797.12/30973 23
- GV791 .B844 2013
| Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Non-Fiction | 797.12 BRO | Available | 054829 |
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
1899-1933 What seasons they have been through -- 1934: Resiliency -- 1935: The parts that really matter -- 1936: Touching the divine.
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.
