![]() Determined to understand these athletes of a seemingly bygone era, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and author David Halberstam chronicles their bravery and obsession, delivering a dramatic human story, buzzing with adrenaline, about the lengths to which athletes will go to prove their mettle and compete on the highest level. This ebook features an extended biography of David Halberstam. In pursuit of that goal, the rowers pushed through crippling pain, delaying personal relationships and careers, all for the rush of winning. That year, four men went head-to-head for the right to compete for gold as the United States’ single sculler, an honor that would lead not to lucrative endorsement deals, but to the fleeting glory of the Olympic Games, and the satisfaction of ranking supreme among their competitive community of oarsmen. In 1984, rowing was a sport continually relegated to the margins, far from the spotlights attracted by other Olympic events. ![]() Reviewed by James Brady At the heart of David Halberstam's massive and powerful new history of the Korean War. ![]() Born in New York City, Halberstam spent much of the 1960s as a reporter for the New York Times, covering the Vietnam War and the Civil Rights movement.His Vietnam reporting earned him both a George C. ![]() In “one of the best books ever written about a sport,” Halberstam chronicles the story of four amateur US rowers and their 1984 Olympic dream ( Newsweek). Penguin Books, 6.95 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-14-008934-9. David Halberstam (1934-2007) was the author of twenty-two books, including fifteen bestsellers. ![]()
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