Categorii: Necatalogate, Neclasificat
Limba: Engleza
Data publicării: 2023
Editura: Penguin Books
Tip copertă: Paperback
Nr Pag: 432
ISBN: 9780593512302
Dimensiuni: l: 14cm | H: 21cm | 2.3cm | 329g
Now a Major Motion Picture Directed by George Clooney
The #1 New York Times bestselling true story about the American rowing triumph of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin--from the author of Facing the Mountain
For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times--the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant.
It was an unlikely quest from the start. With a team composed of the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washington's eight-oar crew team was never expected to defeat the elite teams of the East Coast and Great Britain, yet they did, going on to shock the world by defeating the German team rowing for Adolf Hitler. The emotional heart of the tale lies with Joe Rantz, a teenager without family or prospects, who rows not only to regain his shattered self-regard but also to find a real place for himself in the world.