Book cover for The Boys In The Boat

The Boys In The Boat

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06 June 2013
432 pages
9781447247944
Imprint: Macmillan

Reviews

Chariots of Fire – with oars [Brown’s] descriptions of the key races are exciting and dramatic, and it is impossible not to get wrapped up in the emotion
Like Laura Hillenbrand’s Seabiscuit and Michael Lewis’s Moneyball before it, The Boys in the Boat has all the ingredients for a film adaptation . . . a moving, enlightening and gripping tale.
Daniel James Brown has written a robust, emotional snapshot of an era, a book you will recommend to your best friends.
A fine-grained portrait of the Depression era . . . inspiring