The boys in the boat : the true story of an American team's epic journey to win gold at the 1936 Olympics
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- ISBN: 9780147516855
- ISBN: 0147516854
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Physical Description:
xi, 243 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
print - Publisher: New York : Puffin Books, 2016.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Includes index. "Based on The boys in the boat: nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics"--Title page verso. Originally published: New York : Viking, 2015. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Only nine seats -- A dream life shattered -- A thousand and one small things -- Life in exile -- Making the climb -- Another chance at a home -- A rare and sacred thing -- Going it alone -- Part of a single thing -- A broken machine -- The makings of something exceptional -- Almost without pain -- Stay out of our life -- Driven nearly to madness -- Battle in California -- Rage, fear, and uncertainty -- Difficult and dangerous work -- The parts that really matter -- A truth to come to terms with -- Finding their swing -- Save, save, save -- Here's where we take California -- Rowing for liberty -- Fighting, fuming, and coming together -- A game of cat and mouse -- In the race of their lives -- Epilogue -- Timeline of events -- The art of rowing. |
Target Audience Note: | 1000L Lexile |
Study Program Information Note: | Accelerated Reader MG 6.9 9 9 176197 |
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