The Boys in the Boat
An Epic Journey to the Heart of Hitler's Berlin
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, Daniel James Brown's The Boys in the Boat is narrative non-fiction of the…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4472-1098-6
- EAN: 9781447210986
- Produktnummer: 15270653
- Verlag: Pan macmillan Ltd.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 416 S.
- Ausstattung: B-Format Paperback
- Masse: H19.8 cm x B13.1 cm x D3.0 cm 296 g
- Gewicht: 296
- Sonstiges: Ab 18 J.
Über den Autor
Daniel James Brown is the author of The Indifferent Stars Above and Under A Flaming Sky. He lives in Washington State.
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