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Quality
Thrilled with the fact i found a book on my new sport and written by one of our best journalists i devoured it in a scant five hours
As a former high school and college rower i have new found respect for those with the talent commitment and dedication to susta... Read More
With the summer olympics coming up this book should be read and savored for its extraordinary writing quality and insights
As a critical reader i was entirely satisfied
Competitiveness
It is the story of a lonely sport rowing and the men who endure incredible pain and sacrifice just for the chance of competition
Halberstam really gets into the minds hearts and gives names and faces and histories to these traditionally anonymous competitors
David halberstam captures the excitement humanity and commitment in a remarkable and lucid tale of athletic competition
This book unlike boys focuses on single scull competition and has less back story but to anyone interested in athletics it shou... Read More
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- This product had a total of 127 reviews as of our last analysis date on Mar 16 2021.
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Enjoyable but not as good as some of david halbersons previous works
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Halberstams ability to present wideranging research into a palatable read is unsurpassed in sporting literature
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
This is so much better than the usual barely literate drivel produced by retired sportsmen in order to make a quick dollar or two
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
When i first started rowing in 1987 i happened across a copy of the amateurs at a local bookstore
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Halberstram has done a rare thing he has written about a subject so precisley that it will not be scoffed at by those who row and those who do not row will not be lost in the explanation of technique and rowing history
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
For me an uninteresting sport that david made interesting
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I would follow this up with brad lewis book and watch the movie rowing through to really understand the battle that was the 1984 olympic rowing trails
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
A well written account of young men in quest of a olympic medal in the 1984 olympics
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