ABOUT AUTHOR
I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended Diablo Valley College, the University of California at Berkeley, and UCLA. I taught writing at San Jose State University and Stanford before becoming a technical writer and editor. I now write narrative nonfiction books full time. My primary interest as a writer is in bringing compelling historical events to life as vividly and accurately as I can.
I live in the country outside of Seattle, Washington with my wife, two daughters, and an assortment of cats, dogs, chickens, and honeybees. When I am not writing, I am likely to be birding, gardening, fly fishing, reading American history, or chasing bears away from the bee hives.
If you have comments or questions about my work please feel free to email me using the form found under “Contact.”
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For readers of Laura Hillenbrand's Seabiscuit and Unbroken, the dramatic story of the American rowing team that stunned the world at Hitler's 1936 Berlin Olympics
Daniel James Brown’s robust book tells the story of the University of Washington’s 1936 eight-oar crew and their epic quest for an Olympic gold medal, a team that transformed the sport and grabbed the attention of millions of Americans. The sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the boys defeated elite rivals first from eastern and British universities and finally the German crew rowing for Adolf Hitler in the Olympic games in Berlin, 1936.
The emotional heart of the story lies with one rower, Joe Rantz, a teenager without family or prospects, who rows not for glory, but to regain his shattered self-regard and to find a place he can call home. The crew is assembled by an enigmatic coach and mentored by a visionary, eccentric British boat builder, but it is their trust in each other that makes them a victorious team. They remind the country of what can be done when everyone quite literally pulls together—a perfect melding of commitment, determination, and optimism.
Drawing on the boys’ own diaries and journals, their photos and memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream, The Boys in the Boat is an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times—the improbable, intimate story of nine working-class boys from the American west who, in the depths of the Great Depression, showed the world what true grit really meant. It will appeal to readers of Erik Larson, Timothy Egan, James Bradley, and David Halberstam's The Amateurs.
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發表於2024-06-08
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評分作傢格拉德威爾在《異類》一書中指齣:"人們眼中的天纔之所以卓越非凡,並非天資超人一等,而是付齣瞭持續不斷的努力。1萬小時的錘煉是任何人從平凡變成超凡的必要條件。" "他將此稱為"一萬小時定律"。要成為某個領域的專傢,需要10000小時,按比例計算就是:如果每天工作八個...
評分A delicious meal mixed of 20th century history, American north west culture, personal and collective triumph, a love story, social and economical struggles of that era, a comprehensive study of rowing as a sport and most important of all, a collection of in...
評分作傢格拉德威爾在《異類》一書中指齣:"人們眼中的天纔之所以卓越非凡,並非天資超人一等,而是付齣瞭持續不斷的努力。1萬小時的錘煉是任何人從平凡變成超凡的必要條件。" "他將此稱為"一萬小時定律"。要成為某個領域的專傢,需要10000小時,按比例計算就是:如果每天工作八個...
評分A delicious meal mixed of 20th century history, American north west culture, personal and collective triumph, a love story, social and economical struggles of that era, a comprehensive study of rowing as a sport and most important of all, a collection of in...
圖書標籤: 英文原版 美國 傳記 曆史 rowing non-fiction history 奧運金牌
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評分讀完最大的感觸:夢想還是要有的,萬一實現瞭呢! P.S. 好想擁有一顆賽艇呀!
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