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The Boys in the Boat http://bit.ly/1Gz0B2R DOWNLOAD: http://bit.ly/1Gz0B2R An epic journey from Depression-era America to the heart of Hitler's Berlin The Boys in the Boat is the story of Joe Rantz, a charismatic young man born dirt poor in the woods of Washington State, who dreams of escaping the challenges of the Great Depression, and a complicated family life full of painful memories. What follows is an extraordinary journey, as Joe and eight other young men exchange the sweat and graft and dust of ordinary life for the purer rigours of sport at its very highest level -- a journey at the end of which lies a gold medal rowing race at the Berlin Olympics of 1936, in front of Hitler himself. Told against the grand backdrop of 1930s America, The Boys in the Boat is a story full of lyricism and unexpected beauty, a story that rises above sport, and even the grand sweep of history itself, in favour of something mo

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