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3561962The Boys In The Boathttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-boys-in-the-boat-9781447247944/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3009011/844903fc-13e2-47be-9fce-52df69a7f651.jpg?v=638384755400830000240283MXNPan MacmillanInStock/Ebooks/<p>Now a major motion picture, directed by George Clooney.</p><p>From the Great Depression to Nazi Germany, <em>The Boys in the Boat</em> is the astonishing true story of the 1936 American mens eight rowing team on their quest for Olympic gold.</p><p>It is impossible not to get wrapped up in the emotion <em>The Times</em></p><p>It is considered one of the most difficult sports in the world. For Joe Rantz, it might be his only choice.</p><p>Cast aside by his family at an early age, Joe was abandoned, left to fend for himself in the woods of Washington State. Like so many, he had to work his way through college. The rowing team offered money and a home.</p><p>An extraordinary journey follows, as Joe and eight other working-class boys exchange the sweat and dust of life in 1930s America for the promise of glory on the team and at the Berlin Olympics, in the heart of Hitlers Germany.</p><p>With the weight of history on his shoulders, stroke by stroke, Joe strives to regain his shattered self-regard, to dare again to trust in others and to find his way back home.</p><p><strong>Rising above the grand sweep of history, Daniel James Browns <em>The Boys in the Boat</em> is a personal story of unexpected beauty, capturing the purest essence of what it means to be alive.</strong></p><p><strong>A moving, enlightening and gripping tale <em>Financial Times</em></strong></p>...3498075The Boys In The Boat240283https://www.gandhi.com.mx/the-boys-in-the-boat-9781447247944/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/3009011/844903fc-13e2-47be-9fce-52df69a7f651.jpg?v=638384755400830000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20139781447247944_W3siaWQiOiJhNDIzOTU1My01Y2U2LTQxYjEtOTEwMy0wZWYzOWEwZWYwMzAiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI4MywiZGlzY291bnQiOjQzLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjI0MCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMDgtMjdUMTI6MDA6MDBaIiwidG8iOiIyMDI1LTA5LTMwVDIzOjU5OjU5WiIsInJlZ2lvbiI6Ik1YIiwiaXNQcmVvcmRlciI6ZmFsc2V9LHsiaWQiOiJmNWYxOGFmNS1mOGUwLTQ4NjktYmJiNi04NzU2MWI4ODMwYjQiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI3NSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjQxLCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjIzNCwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjUtMTAtMDFUMDA6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781447247944_<p><strong>Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, this is the bestselling story about a rowing teams quest for Olympic gold in Nazi Germany.</strong></p><p>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.</p><p>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.</p><p>Told against the backdrop of the Great Depression, Daniel James Browns <em>The Boys in the Boat</em> is narrative non-fiction of the first order; a personal story full of lyricism and unexpected beauty that rises above the grand sweep of history, and captures instead the purest essence of what it means to be alive.</p><p>I really cant rave enough about this book . . . I read the last fifty pages with white knuckles, and the last twenty-five with tears in my eyes David Laskin, author of <em>The Childrens Blizzard</em> and <em>The Long Way Home.</em></p>(*_*)9781447247944_<p>Now a major motion picture, directed by George Clooney.</p><p>From the Great Depression to Nazi Germany, <em>The Boys in the Boat</em> is the astonishing true story of the 1936 American mens eight rowing team on their quest for Olympic gold.</p><p>It is impossible not to get wrapped up in the emotion <em>The Times</em></p><p>It is considered one of the most difficult sports in the world. For Joe Rantz, it might be his only choice.</p><p>Cast aside by his family at an early age, Joe was abandoned, left to fend for himself in the woods of Washington State. Like so many, he had to work his way through college. The rowing team offered money and a home.</p><p>An extraordinary journey follows, as Joe and eight other working-class boys exchange the sweat and dust of life in 1930s America for the promise of glory on the team and at the Berlin Olympics, in the heart of Hitlers Germany.</p><p>With the weight of history on his shoulders, stroke by stroke, Joe strives to regain his shattered self-regard, to dare again to trust in others and to find his way back home.</p><p><strong>Rising above the grand sweep of history, Daniel James Browns <em>The Boys in the Boat</em> is a personal story of unexpected beauty, capturing the purest essence of what it means to be alive.</strong></p><p><strong>A moving, enlightening and gripping tale <em>Financial Times</em></strong></p>...9781447247944_Pan Macmillanlibro_electonico_d4d4c18f-03cf-3fa4-a561-41dc0ab42b4e_9781447247944;9781447247944_9781447247944Daniel JamesInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/macmillanuk-epub-bb94b500-3603-433d-a72e-be4cbc43eea9.epub2013-06-06T00:00:00+00:00Pan Macmillan