True Blue: The Oxford Boat Race Mutiny
Strikingly reminiscent of Chariots of Fire, this classic bestseller tells the story of the sporting event which shook both Oxford University and its Boat Club to the very foundations during the harsh winter of 1986/7.A group of American students arrives at Oxford, hoping to put some steel into a Boat Race crew still reeling from their recent humiliating defeat at the hands of Cambridge. But disagreements over training methods soon bring to a head a bitter clash between the elected President of the Dark Blues and a fiery-tempered rower from California. Much more than the race is at stake in this clash between the amateur sporting tradition o…
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Produktdetails
Weitere Autoren: Robinson, Patrick
- ISBN: 978-1-4481-6990-0
- EAN: 9781448169900
- Produktnummer: 14336991
- Verlag: Transworld Publishers
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
- Seitenangabe: 320 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'558 KB
Über den Autor
Dan Topolski is a photo-journalist and world-class oarsman. He was Oxford's rowing coach for 15 years and has also coached British World Championship and Olympic teams. Patrick Robinson is a writer who specializes in sports subjects and co-wrote the bestselling Born to Win with John Bertrand.
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