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Very good. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. [12], 403, [1] p. Illustrations, black & white. Author's Note. Notes. Index. Double front illustrated cover. Daniel James Brown (born 1951) is an American author of narrative nonfiction books. Daniel James Brown (born 1951) is an American author of narrative nonfiction books. Brown earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in English at the University of California at Berkeley and a Master of Arts degree from the University of California at Los Angeles Brown taught writing at San Jose State University and Stanford University before becoming a technical writer and editor. He now writes narrative nonfiction full-time. Brown's debut book, Under a Flaming Sky: The Great Hinckley Firestorm of 1894 traces the personal stories and social, economic, and environmental causes of the Great Hinckley Fire of September 1, 1894, which burned an area of up to 250, 000 acres, including the town of Hinckley, Minnesota. The fire killed hundreds, including Brown's great-grandfather. Brown's second book, The Indifferent Stars Above: The Harrowing Saga of a Donner Party Bride traces the footsteps of Sarah Graves, a young bride who left her home in Illinois in the spring of 1846, bound for California. Sarah was one of a handful of the Donner Party members who attempted to hike out of the Sierra Nevada to save herself and her family. Brown's third book, The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Olympics celebrates the 1936 U. S. men's Olympic rowing team-nine working-class boys rowing for the University of Washington. It is also the story of Joe Rantz. 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 Awards and recognition for The Boys in the Boat, Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Olympics: Was a finalist of 2014 William Saroyan International Prize for Writing in non-fiction category; Shortlist for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year 2013; Notable Books Online 2014 Notable Books; Indie Next List for July 2013; 2014 Indies Choice/Adult Nonfiction Book of the Year (American Booksellers Association); 2014 Washington State Book Award for Nonfiction; 2014 Association des Ecrivains Sportifs, Prix Etranger Sport & Littérature; and 2015 One Maryland One Book. Derived from a Kirkus review: The long, passionate journey of the University of Washington rowing team to the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The nine young Americans who made up the team in the Husky Clipper that would eventually edge to victory by six-tenths of a second ahead of the Italians in the Olympics emerged from the harsh realities of the Depression, as Brown delineates in this thorough study of the early rowing scene. The journey of one young rower, Joe Rantz, forms the emotional center of the narrative. A tall, strapping country boy who had largely been fending for himself in Sequim, Wash., in 1933, he got a shot as a freshman at making the prestigious crew team at UW, which was led by freshman coach Tom Bolles and head coach Al Ulbrickson. Many strands converge in the narrative, culminating in a rich work of research, from the back story involving the creation of UW's rowing program to the massive planning and implementation of the Berlin Olympics by Hitler's engineer Werner March, specifically the crew venue at the Langer See. The UW team honed its power and finesse in the lead-up seasons by racing against its nemesis, the University of California at Berkeley, as well as in East Coast regattas. Despite the threat of an American boycott, the Berlin Olympics were carefully orchestrated by propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and filmed by Leni Riefenstahl to show the world the terrifying images of Aryan "purity" and Nazi supremacy. Yet for these American boys, it was an amazing dream....
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Like New. Size: 1x5x8; Flat signed by Daniel James Brown on title page. Near fine. Softcover. Good binding and cover. Clean, unmarked pages. *Autographed by author. * "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."-Penguin Publishing Group.