Do you hate Hitler?
Do you like sports?
Then Boys in the Boat is a book to add to your “To Read” list.
In the middle of the Great Depression, Joe Rantz is a farmboy from the Pacific Northwest who was literally abandoned as a child and rarely had two pennies to rub together. He scrapes together the money to attend the University of Washington during the Great Depression. At school he joins a pack of strong, young men looking to make it onto the crew team.
It’s not going to be a surprise, but Joe makes the team. That’s just the first step. His crew needs to beat their rivals at Berkeley, then travel East to battle the rowing elites of the east coast. If his crew comes in first, then it’s off to Berlin to battle the Nazi’s crew for Olympic glory.
This is a tremendously enjoyable story, full heart, soul, and determination.
