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.
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TextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Puffin Books, 2016.; �2015Description: xi, 243 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN: - 9780147516855
- University of Washington -- Rowing -- History -- Juvenile literature
- University of Washington -- Rowing -- History
- Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany) -- Juvenile literature
- Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany)
- Rowing -- United States -- History -- Juvenile literature
- Rowers -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
- Rowing -- History
- Rowers
- 797.12/30973 23
- GV796 .B764 2016
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Includes index.
School Library Journal, August 2015
Booklist starred, June 2015
Library Media Connection starred, February 2016
Horn Book, April 2016
Voice of Youth Advocates (V.O.Y.A.), August 2015
Kirkus Review, July 2015
"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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