Boys In The Boat : Nine Americans And Their Epic Quest For Gold At The 1936 Berlin Olympics Check Availability

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The sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the boys took on successive echelons of privilege and power. They vanquished the sons of bankers and senators rowing for elite eastern universities. They defeated the sons of British aristocrats rowing for Oxford and Cambridge. And finally, they stunned the sons of the Nazi state as they rowed for gold in front of Adolf Hitler. Against the grim backdrop of the Great Depression, they reaffirmed the American notion that merit outweighs birthright. Published in 2013; 404 pages.

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