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Lexile measure
1260L
Language
English
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Description
This is an epic true-life journey to the heart of Hitler's Berlin. Cast aside by his family at an early age, abandoned and left to fend for himself in the woods of Washington State, young Joe Rantz turns to rowing as a way of escaping his past. What follows is an extraordinary journey, as Joe and eight other working-class boys exchange the sweat and dust of life in 1930s America for the promise of glory at the heart of Hitler's Berlin. Stroke by stroke,...
Author
Lexile measure
1000L
Language
English
Description
"Out of the depths of the Great Depression comes the astonishing tale of nine working-class boys from the American West who at the 1936 Olympics showed the world what true grit really meant. With rowers who were the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washington's eight-oar crew was never expected to defeat the elite East Coast teams, yet they did, going on to shock the world by challenging the German boat rowing for...
Author
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
viii, 292 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
During June 1998, Tori McClure set out to row across the Atlantic Ocean by herself in a 23-foot plywood boat with no motor or sail. She lost communications, but nevertheless decided to keep going, without updates on the location of the Gulf Stream and the weather--in what became the North Atlantic's worst hurricane season. When a series of violent storms nearly killed her, she had to signal for help and go home in what felt like complete disgrace....
Publisher
Distributed by PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2016]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (60 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"In 1936, nine working-class boys from the University of Washington took the rowing world and the nation by storm when their eight-oar crew team captured the gold medal at the Olympics in Berlin. These sons of loggers, shipyard workers and farmers overcame tremendous hardships--psychological, physical, economic--to beat not only the Ivy League teams of the East Coast, but Adolf Hitler's elite German rowers. The boys' unexpected victory, and the obstacles...
Author
Pub. Date
2015
Lexile measure
1260L
Physical Desc
10 books (404 pages) in a bag ; 50 x 36 cm + 1 folder (30 x 24 cm), 1 large print book (743 pages (large print)), 1 audiobook (12 audio discs)
Language
English
Description
Kit contents: cloth bag contains 10 paperback copies of the title, 1 large print book and 1 audiobook, along with 1 folder containing book sign out sheets and book club discussion questions.
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