rowing

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The luck of the Miss L

1986
Eleven-year-old Alec's dream of winning an upcoming rowing race is endangered when a near-fatal boating accident shakes his confidence.

A Pearl in the storm

how I found my heart in the middle of the ocean
Tori Murden McClure offers her memoir of how she became the first woman to row alone across the Atlantic Ocean.

Long strokes

a handbook for expanding the rowing experience
1988

Flat water Tuesday

2013
Rob Carrey, a filmmaker, returns to the Fenton School for his fifteen year reunion and must confront the past tragedy that happened when he was a competitor on the school rowing team, and in doing so finds new focus on his life.

A dip in the ocean

rowing solo across the Indian
2011
Recounts the ambitious solo voyage across the Indian Ocean by twenty-three-year-old Sarah Outen aboard her row boat, the Dippers.

The amateurs

1985
Recounts the story of four young men and their quest for an Olympic gold medal.

The boys in the boat

nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
Explores the history of the American eight-man rowing team that went to the Berlin Olympics in 1936--a group of west coast boys with little to no experience in rowing--discussing the great odds they faced in becoming chosen to represent their country over east coast teams, and the personal challenges each one of them faced during the Great Depression.

The boys in the boat

nine Americans and their epic quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics
2013
Tells how in 1936 the University of Washington's eight-oar crew, composed of the sons of loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers who had mastered collegiate rowing, went on to the Berlin Olympics where they defeated Adolf Hitler's German team to achieve the Olympic gold medal.

High performance rowing

1997
A guide to rowing offering tips on training and techniques for improving performance at all levels of competition.

My red rowboat

2002
A father and child row a red boat across a lake to buy groceries.

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