The Boys in the Boat The Boys in the Boat

The Boys in the Boat

    • 4.5 • 94 Ratings
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Publisher Description

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CALLUM TURNER AND DIRECTED BY GEORGE CLOONEY

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.

GENRE
History
RELEASED
2013
1 June
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
320
Pages
PUBLISHER
Pan Macmillan UK
SELLER
Macmillan Publishers Australia and Pan Macmillan Australia
SIZE
12
MB

Customer Reviews

Cantlivewithoutbooks ,

Not my usual read

Not my usual read at all but I loved every page. Inspiring, humbling, bittersweet, funny, raw.

Swannie262626 ,

A six star read …

A fantastic read one of the best real life stories I’ve ever read. If I could I’d give it 6 Stars.

Drubah ,

Brilliant

An amazing look at history through a rowing team. Boys who had to work and grind their way to a place on the team through many hardships.

After winning all went and contributed to society by working hard and raising families

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