The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics by Daniel James BrownMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This is one of those books that sounds like it is going to be a dry historical tome, and turns out to have as much excitement and intrigue as a Tom Clancy novel. Written in a similar tone and with similar depth as a Laura Hillenbrand book, this is about an underdog rowing team from University of Washington who make it to the 1936 Olympics. Sorry for the spoiler, but it doesn't ruin a thing to know this. I had no idea how much I could get into understanding the sport and strategy of rowing, but I did. Equally compelling were the individual characters profiled in this book. Great read.
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