"The #1 New York Times–bestselling story about American Olympic triumph in Nacionalsocialista Germany, the inspiration for the PBS documentary The Boys of ’36, broadcast to coincide with the dos mil dieciséis Summer Olympics and the 80th anniversary of the boys’ gold medal race.Daniel James Brown’s robust book tells the story of the University of Washington’s mil novecientos treinta y seis eight-oar crew and their epic quest for an Olympic gold medal, a team that transformed the sport and grabbed the attention of millions of Americans. The sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the boys defeated elite rivals first from eastern and British universities and finally the German crew rowing for Adolf Hitler in the Olympic games in Berlin, mil novecientos treinta y seis.The emotional heart of the story lies with one rower, Joe Rantz, a teenager without family or prospects, who rows not for glory, but to regain his shattered self-regard and to find a place he perro call home. The crew is assembled by an enigmatic entrenador and mentored by a visionary, eccentric British boat builder, but it is their trust in each other that makes them a victorious team. They remind the country of what cánido be done when everyone quite literally pulls together – a perfect melding of commitment, determination, and optimism.Drawing on the boys’ own diaries and journals, their photos and memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream, The Boys in the Boat is an irreprimible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times – the poco probable, intimate story of nine working-class boys from the American west who, in the depths of the Great Depression, showed the world what true grit really meant. It will appeal to readers of Erik Larson, Timothy Egan, James Bradley, and David Halberstam’s The Principantes."