Follett Content Book Detail: The Boys in the Boat : the True Story of an American Team's Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics by Mone, Gregory

The Boys in the Boat : the True Story of an American Team's Epic Journey to Win Gold at the 1936 Olympics

Author: Mone, Gregory

Follett Number: 1384EC7
Audience: Middle School
Publisher: Puffin Books, c2015, p2016
Format: xi, 243 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Dewey: 797.12
Classifications: Nonfiction

Subjects:
Olympic Games (11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany)
Rowers
Rowing History
University of Washington Rowing History
Includes index. "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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