Excellent Read on Olympic Rowing

[psychling]

The Boys in The Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. by Daniel James Brown. A NYT Bestseller. I got it on Kindle. Powerful read.

[gregsmith01748]

I agree! I read it in two sittings. Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Kenneth Branaugh. (seriously)

[Ralph Earle]

And it ends with one of the greatest last lines in American literature.

[Cyclist2]

Living in that part of the country, having owned a Pocock single, having rowed in "the cut", and having a daughter who rowed for UW, the book was even more gripping. I sat there alone reading the final race narrative; yelling, laughing, crying - someone seeing me would have thought I was crazy. I don't recall reading a book that told a story so well, or that I got so emotionally involved with. MUST READ (again and again)!

[Yankeerunner]

Oh yes! Add my recommendation as well. If you haven't read already, it put it on your Christmas Wish List.

And Greg Smith, that's great news about a movie. As I neared the end of the book that thought kept invading my mind, "Please let there be a well-made movie of this!" I'll eagerly look forward to it.