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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: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Puffin Books, 2016.; �2015Description: xi, 243 p. : ill. ; 23 cmISBN:
  • 9780147516855
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 797.12/30973 23
LOC classification:
  • GV796 .B764 2016
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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Martha's Vineyard High School Library 797.12/MON (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39844500061705

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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