“In an age when Americans enjoy dozens of cable sports channels, when professional athletes often command salaries in the tens of millions of dollars...it’s hard to fully appreciate how important the rising prominence of the University of Washington’s crew was to the people of Seattle in ...
The Boys in the Boat is the story of the rowing crew of the University of Washington and their incredible journey from a somber beginning in the Great Depression-struck city of Seattle to victory in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The story has a great focus on one specific member of the team,...
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...
Death:March 19, 1976, Seattle, Washington, USA Bio:University of Washington Boatman Historical Accuracy (Q&A): IsThe Boys in the Boatbased on a book? Yes. Directed by George Clooney, the movie is based on Daniel James Brown's #1 New York Times bestselling non-fiction bookThe Boys in the...
Brown’s evocation of Seattle in the Depression years is dazzling, his limning of character, especially the hardscrabble hero Joe Rantz, is novelistic, his narration of the boat races and the sinister-exalted atmosphere of Berlin in 1936 is cinematic. I read the last fifty pages with white ...
this story is about the men. The stress in Joe’s relationships comes from the father who left him. When Joe sees him, understanding that his father has returned to Seattle but has made no effort to find him, the short scene between people who have no vocabulary for their feelings or an...
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Camp Thunderbird for Boys and Camp Thunderbird for Girls: located in Northern Minnesota on picturesque Lake Plantagenet. Two sleep-away camps, only miles apart, with a spirit of cooperation in a place that we call home. Boys Camp Ready for the best summer of your life ...
《The Boys in the Boat》(中文译本:《激流男孩》),这是一部由真实故事编撰的纪实作品。1936年,9名在华盛顿大学求学的贫困少年,通过刻苦拼搏,并肩作战,争取到代表国家出征柏林奥运会的参赛资格。奥运会上奇迹般的夺冠,使这些男孩们的人生发生了意想不到的变化…… ...
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