“The Boys in the Boat”

An ignored history of the ultimate team sport; overshadowed by the Jesse Owens story during the 1936 Olympics in Berlin..

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King County Seattle

“The Boys in the Boat”

October 26, 2024
mike@standardsmichigan.com
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The Boys in the Boat is a true story based on the struggles and sacrifices made by the University of Washington rowing team to compete at rowing at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men’s eight.

Joseph Sutton-Holcomb from The Seattle Times writes that author Daniel James Brown got the idea to write this book when his neighbor Judy Willman said that her father, Joe Rantz, was a fan of his works and wanted to have a conversation with the author. That conversation with Joe Rantz about life during the Great Depression led to an in-depth chat about his time as a rower at the University of Washington.

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