The Red Rose Crew: A True Story of Women, Winning, and the Water

分类: 图书,进口原版,Sports(运动),Miscellaneous(其他),History of Sports,
品牌: Daniel J. Boyne
基本信息出版社:Hyperion (2001年9月19日)平装:240页正文语种:英语ISBN:0786889861条形码:9780786889860商品尺寸:20.1 x 13 x 1.6 cm商品重量:259 g品牌:HyperionASIN:0786889861商品描述内容简介More than twenty years before Mia Hamm led the U.S. womens soccer team to win the 1999 World Cup, a group of amazing women rowed their way to international success, battling sexual prejudice, bureaucracy, and male domination in one of the most grueling and competitive sports. Now their gripping story of bravery, and determination is told in The Red Rose Crew.媒体推荐"A thrilling account of the U.S. Women's Crew as it prepared to compete in the 1975 World Championship in rowing . . ." --Kirkus Reviews
"Well written, direct, and effective, this book conveys the rowers' and the coaches' skill, tenacity, energy, and enthusiasm . . ." --Library Journal
"With supple prose and pinpoint anecdotes, Boyne tells a story of transformation." --Ellen Clegg, Boston Globe