Author: Edwin Dampier BrickwoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rowing
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
Boat Racing: Or, the Arts of Rowing and Training ... New Edition
Author: Edwin Dampier BrickwoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rowing
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The Arts of Rowing and Training
Author: John EtchesThe Arts of Rowing and Training
Author: Edwin Dampier BrickwoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Rowing
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
The arts of rowing and training, by 'Argonaut'.
Author: Edwin Dampier BrickwoodPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
The Boys in the Boat (Movie Tie-In)
Author: Daniel James BrownPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0593512308
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 433
Book Description
The inspiration for the Major Motion Picture Directed by George Clooney—exclusively in theaters December 25, 2023! The #1 New York Times bestselling true story about the American rowing triumph of the 1936 Olympics in Berlin—from the author of Facing the Mountain For readers of Unbroken, out of the depths of the Depression comes an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding hope in the most desperate of times—the improbable, intimate account of how nine working-class boys from the American West showed the world at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin what true grit really meant. It was an unlikely quest from the start. With a team composed of the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the University of Washington’s eight-oar crew team was never expected to defeat the elite teams of the East Coast and Great Britain, yet they did, going on to shock the world by defeating the German team rowing for Adolf Hitler. The emotional heart of the tale lies with Joe Rantz, a teenager without family or prospects, who rows not only to regain his shattered self-regard but also to find a real place for himself in the world. Drawing on the boys’ own journals and vivid memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream, Brown has created an unforgettable portrait of an era, a celebration of a remarkable achievement, and a chronicle of one extraordinary young man’s personal quest.
A History and Description of the Collie Or Sheep Dog in His British Varieties
Author: Rawdon Briggs LeePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Collie
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
The Social History of English Rowing
Author: Neil WigglesworthPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135187819
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
This book seeks to redress the balance of reporting in the sport's literature which has always favoured the activities of aquatic gentlemen at the public schools, Oxford and Cambridge Universities, Henley Regatta and on the River Thames. This study focuses on the many who helped instigate and nurture the sport but who have been forgotten due to their not being associated with the elite of the sport.
A Manual of Yacht and Boat Sailing
Author: Dixon KempPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Yacht building
Languages : en
Pages : 472
Book Description
Michael Rush, champion Australian sculler
Author: Stephen GardPublisher: BlueDawe Books
ISBN:
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 329
Book Description
Michael Rush (1844-1922) was an Irish immigrant. In 1863, he settled on the Clarence River in northern New South Wales. Rush soon became Champion Sculler of the district, and then Champion of Australia. Rush never achieved the World Title, though he competed for it in 1877, drawing to Sydney’s foreshores the largest crowd of spectators Australia had ever seen. The opportunities of colonial Australia overwhelmed immigrants like Michael Rush, Irishmen of impoverished background. Rush devoted his energy to the getting of wealth and glory, but was incapable of keeping it. Money ran between his fingers like water and he fell on hard times, not through dissipation, but from his hearty, live-for-the-day gaiety. His unshakeable honesty and unfailing geniality won Michael Rush a trove of friendships that outlasted his sporting days, and fathered a rich legend that his family keeps alive. Other Australian champion scullers have monuments in stone and steel, but not Michael Rush. He came to prominence just too late to join the move towards sport as a profession, though he and others showed the way for Australians to earn a living from athletics. This biography explores the life and career of Michael Rush: his endeavours in athletics and in commerce; the men against whom he competed and those who backed and benefited from his sculling races; his business colleagues and his large and happy family. We see Sydney in its wild, colonial exuberance, see struggling Clarence River selectors and their proud and growing towns, see Sydney in its sober post-Federation days, when wowsers brow–beat governments into joyless reforms. We see a heroic Michael Rush in action at the oars, and a humbled Michael Rush facing bankruptcy court. Michael Rush is remembered for his unfailing courage, humour, warmth, and true sportsmanship. Michael Rush was an immigrant who strove and triumphed and became a credit to his adopted nation. Australians love a winner. Michael Rush will win your heart.
The Angler's Diary and Tourist Fisherman's Gazetteer of the Rivers and Lakes of the World
Author: Irwin Edward Bainbridge CoxPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description