Library: The Boys in the Boat: Common Read

Event

October 13, 5:30 p.m. Rizza Auditorium

Natalie Dell O’Brien, 2012 crew Olympian and medalist, speaks at Cal Maritime about The Boys in the Boat and Olympic values.

This event is jointly sponsored by The President's Lecture Series and the Cal Maritime Library.

From the Publisher
The Boys in the Boat celebrates the 1936 U.S. men’s Olympic eight-oar rowing team—nine working class boys who stormed the rowing world, transformed the sport, and galvanized the attention of millions of Americans.

Daniel James Brown
"I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area and attended Diablo Valley College, the University of California at Berkeley, and UCLA. I taught writing at San Jose State University and Stanford before becoming a technical writer and editor. I now write narrative nonfiction books full time. My primary interest as a writer is in bringing compelling historical events to life as vividly and accurately as I can.

I live in the country outside of Seattle, Washington with my wife, two daughters, and an assortment of cats, dogs, chickens, and honeybees. When I am not writing, I am likely to be birding, gardening, fly fishing, reading American history, or chasing bears away from the bee hives."

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