The Boys in the Boat

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-06-06 Pages: 320 Language: English Publisher: Pan Macmillan This is an epic true-life journey to the heart of Hitlers 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 Hitlers 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. The Boys in the Boat is narrative non-fiction of the first order; a personal story full of lyricism and unexpected beauty that rises above the grand sweep of hi...