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The Amateurs - The Story of Four Young Men and Their Quest for an Olympic Gold Medal (Paperback, Reissued 1st Ed)
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The Amateurs - The Story of Four Young Men and Their Quest for an Olympic Gold Medal (Paperback, Reissued 1st Ed)
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"Astonishing . . . Moving . . . One of the best books ever written
about a sport."
*Walter Clemons
Newsweek
"A PENETRATING, FASCINATING AND REMARKABLY SUSPENSEFUL
NARRATIVE."
*David Guy
Chicago Tribune
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 1964. 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
other and strive without any hope of financial reward.
What drives these men to endure a physical pain known to no other
sport? Who are they? Where do they come from? How do they regard
themselves and their competitors? What have they sacrificed, and
what inner demons have they appeased? In answering these questions,
David Halberstam takes as his focus the 1984 single sculls trials
in Princeton. The man who wins will gain the right to represent the
United States in the 84 Olympiad; the losers will then have to
struggle further to gain a place in the two- or four-man boats. And
even if they succeed, they will have to live with the bitter
knowledge that they were not the best, only close to it.
Informative and compelling, The Amateurs combines the vividness of
superb sportswriting with the narrative skills of a Pulitzer
Prize-winning correspondent.
"RIVETING."
*Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
The New York Times
" A] MASTERFUL JOB . . . Maintains the suspense to the very last
stroke . . . Halberstam makes us care about the four men, their
disappointments and the brutal testing of their friendships."
*Dan Levin
Sports Illustrated
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