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Author： Daniel James Brown Publisher： Penguin Books
For readers of Unbroken， out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times -- the improbable， intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant.
It was an unlikely quest from the start. With a team composed of the sons of loggers， shipyard workers， and farmers， the University of Washington’s eight-oar crew team was never expected to defeat the elite teams of the East Coast and Great Britain， yet they did， going on to shock the world by defeating the German team rowing for Adolf Hitler. The emotional heart of the tale lies with Joe Rantz， a teenager without family or prospects， who rows not only to regain his shattered self-regard but also to find a real place for himself in the world. Drawing on the boys’ own journals and vivid memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream， Brown has created an unforgettable portrait of an era， a celebration of a remarkable achievement， and a chronicle of one extraordinary young man’s personal quest.
在读者们脱离了《坚不可摧》那大萧条时期的深渊之后，迎来的是一个在绝望中对抗命运，寻找希望的故事——故事以亲密的，不太真实的口吻讲述了九个来自美国西部的工人阶级男孩是如何在1936年柏林奥运会上向世人展示何谓真正的勇气。人们从未期望这支由伐木工、造船工和农民之子组成的华盛顿大学的八桨赛艇队能打败来自东海岸和英国的精英队，但他们不仅做到了，还打败了阿道夫·希特勒的德国队伍，震撼了世界。故事的感情视角集中在没有家人、没有背景的青年乔·让茨身上，他划艇不仅是为了重拾破碎的自尊，也是为了找到真正的容身之处。布朗借鉴了男孩们自己的日志和对一生一次共同梦想追求的鲜活记忆，描写了一个令人难忘的年代、一场杰出的运动以及一位非凡年轻人的个人追求之路。
For readers of Unbroken， out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times -- the improbable， intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant.
It was an unlikely quest from the start. With a team composed of the sons of loggers， shipyard workers， and farmers， the University of Washington’s eight-oar crew team was never expected to defeat the elite teams of the East Coast and Great Britain， yet they did， going on to shock the world by defeating the German team rowing for Adolf Hitler. The emotional heart of the tale lies with Joe Rantz， a teenager without family or prospects， who rows not only to regain his shattered self-regard but also to find a real place for himself in the world. Drawing on the boys’ own journals and vivid memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream， Brown has created an unforgettable portrait of an era， a celebration of a remarkable achievement， and a chronicle of one extraordinary young man’s personal quest.
在读者们脱离了《坚不可摧》那大萧条时期的深渊之后，迎来的是一个在绝望中对抗命运，寻找希望的故事——故事以亲密的，不太真实的口吻讲述了九个来自美国西部的工人阶级男孩是如何在1936年柏林奥运会上向世人展示何谓真正的勇气。人们从未期望这支由伐木工、造船工和农民之子组成的华盛顿大学的八桨赛艇队能打败来自东海岸和英国的精英队，但他们不仅做到了，还打败了阿道夫·希特勒的德国队伍，震撼了世界。故事的感情视角集中在没有家人、没有背景的青年乔·让茨身上，他划艇不仅是为了重拾破碎的自尊，也是为了找到真正的容身之处。布朗借鉴了男孩们自己的日志和对一生一次共同梦想追求的鲜活记忆，描写了一个令人难忘的年代、一场杰出的运动以及一位非凡年轻人的个人追求之路。