Wow, what a story! Author Daniel James Brown has beautifully written The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
But it is much more. It is a story of the 1930’s in America, of loss and hardship, of family conflict, and especially of reinventing oneself through teamwork and trust. And in the background like a black shadow is the rise of Nazi Germany. We all know the Jesse Owens story in …