The 1 New York Timesbestseller about the Greatest Generation freshly adapted for
the next generation.
For readers ofUnbroken, 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 Adolf Hitler.
At the center of the tale is Joe Rantz, a