The oarsmen: the remarkable story of the men who rowed from the Great War to peace 9781743586235, 174358623X

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Table of contents :
Intro
Title Page
Table of Contents
Prologue --
Rowing into war
Part 1 --
The War
Chapter 1 --
The game is worth the candle
Chapter 2 --
Hauenstein
Chapter 3 --
The dying days
Part 2 --
The Peace
Chapter 4 --
Occupy the men
Chapter 5 --
Battlefield to playing field
Chapter 6 --
Syd and Marion
Chapter 7 --
The Sports Section
Chapter 8 --
The oarsmen of Pozières
Chapter 9 --
Disher
Chapter 10 --
Getting back into the boat
Chapter 11 --
Putney
Chapter 12 --
Gathering the oarsmen
Chapter 13 --
Making the cut
Chapter 14 --
The Australian style
Chapter 15 --
The boat
Chapter 16 --
Fairbairn Chapter 17 --
Trouble in the boatChapter 18 --
Anzac Day
Chapter 19 --
Mutiny in the boat
Part 3 --
The Regatta
Chapter 20 --
Picking up the pieces
Chapter 21 --
New digs, new coach
Chapter 22 --
The two crews
Chapter 23 --
Six to one
Chapter 24 --
The Marlow Victory Regatta
Chapter 25 --
Tough choices
Chapter 26 --
The Royal Henley Peace Regatta
Chapter 27 --
The King's Cup
Chapter 28 --
The Inter-Allied Regatta, Paris
Chapter 29 --
The Euripides
Epilogue
Notes
Map of the Henley course
Acknowledgements
About the author
Copyright Page

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