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A Most Beautiful Thing - The True Story of America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team (Hardcover)
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A Most Beautiful Thing - The True Story of America's First All-Black High School Rowing Team (Hardcover)
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REGIONAL BESTSELLER Now a documentary narrated by Common, produced
by Grant Hill, Dwyane Wade, and 9th Wonder, from filmmaker Mary
Mazzio The moving true story of a group of young men growing up on
Chicago's West side who form the first all-Black high school rowing
team in the nation, and in doing so not only transform a sport, but
their lives. Growing up on Chicago's Westside in the 90's, Arshay
Cooper knows the harder side of life. The street corners are full
of gangs, the hallways of his apartment complex are haunted by drug
addicts he calls "zombies" with strung out arms, clutching at him
as he passes by. His mother is a recovering addict, and his three
siblings all sleep in a one room apartment, a small infantry
against the war zone on the street below. Arshay keeps to himself,
preferring to write poetry about the girl he has a crush on, and
spends his school days in the home-ec kitchen dreaming of becoming
a chef. And then one day as he's walking out of school he notices a
boat in the school lunchroom, and a poster that reads "Join the
Crew Team". Having no idea what the sport of crew is, Arshay
decides to take a chance. This decision to join is one that will
forever change his life, and those of his fellow teammates. As
Arshay and his teammates begin to come together to learn how to
row--many never having been in water before--the sport takes them
from the mean streets of Chicago, to the hallowed halls of the Ivy
League. But Arshay and his teammates face adversity at every turn,
from racism, gang violence, and a sport that has never seen anyone
like them before. A Most Beautiful Thing is the inspiring true
story about the most unlikely band of brothers that form a family,
and forever change a sport and their lives for the better.
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