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The boys in the boat : the true story of an American team's epic journey to win gold at the 1936 Olympics / Daniel James Brown ; adapted for young readers by Gregory Mone.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Farmington Hills, Mich : Throndike Press, a part of Gale, Cengage Co., 2018.; �2015Edition: Large print edDescription: 352 p. (large print) : ill. ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781432850289
Related works:
  • Adaptation of: Brown, Daniel, 1951- Boys in the boat
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 797.12/3/0973 23
LOC classification:
  • GV796 .B764 2018
Summary: "Out of the depths of the Great Depression comes the astonishing tale of nine working-class boys from the American West who at the 1936 Olympics showed the world what true grit really meant. With rowers who were the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washington's eight-oar crew was never expected to defeat the elite East Coast teams, yet they did, going on to shock the world by challenging the German boat rowing for Adolf Hitler"--Amazon.com.
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"Out of the depths of the Great Depression comes the astonishing tale of nine working-class boys from the American West who at the 1936 Olympics showed the world what true grit really meant. With rowers who were the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washington's eight-oar crew was never expected to defeat the elite East Coast teams, yet they did, going on to shock the world by challenging the German boat rowing for Adolf Hitler"--Amazon.com.

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