the amateurs david halberstam The Amateurs - The Story of Four Young Men and Their Quest for an Olympic Gold Medal In “one of the best books ever written about a sport,” Halberstam chronicles the story of four amateur US rowers and their Olympic dream (Newsweek). In , rowing was a sport. David Halberstam on Sports: Summer of ’49, October , The Amateurs, Playing for Keeps. Four New York Times bestsellers by a “remarkable” Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist capture and celebrate America’s passion for sports (The Seattle Times)/5. 9 rows · Free download or read online The Amateurs pdf (ePUB) book. The first edition of the novel was 4/5.
n ''The Amateurs,'' David Halberstam focuses on the quest of four oarsmen to become the United States's single sculler in the Olympics. He has drawn interviews with a number of figures in American rowing into a narrative that becomes a paean to the four oarsmen who devoted themselves to becoming Olympians ''because they wanted to, for no. In The Amateurs, David Halberstam once again displays the unique brand of reportage, both penetrating and supple, that distinguished his bestselling The Best and the Brightest and October This time he has taken for his subject the dramatic and special world of amateur rowing. While other athletes are earning fortunes in salaries and/or endorsements, the oarsmen gain fame only with each. The Amateurs. The Story of Four Young Men and Their Quest for an Olympic Medal. By: David Halberstam. Narrated by: Christopher Reeve. Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins. Abridged Audiobook. Categories: Biographies Memoirs, Entertainment Celebrities. out of 5 stars. (24 ratings).
In this age of the million-dollar amateur, lucrative endorsements, media adulation and huckstering, there is, believe it or not, such a thing as a real amateur. Halberstam takes a small group of rowers and gives an in-depth picture of the Herculean effort necessary to win in a sport of which few know or care. Free download or read online The Amateurs pdf (ePUB) book. The first edition of the novel was. Written in by David Halberstam, The Amateurs tells the story of four young men, all vying for the coveted '84 Olympic team and ultimately the Olympic gold medal. In telling this story, Halberstam takes as his focus the single sculls trials in Princeton.
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