Daniel James Brown

From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat comes the gripping untold story of one of the most heroic units that fought in World War II. On December 7th 1941, the Japanese Navy bombed Pearl Harbor. For many Americans, the surprise attack was a call to arms - but for the soldier sons of...

Set amidst the turmoil of the Great Depression, The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown recounts the incredible true story of nine working-class boys from the University of Washington who transformed into rowers to represent the United States at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Among these nine is Joe Rantz, a young man who, after being abandoned by his...

In April of 1846, twenty-one-year-old Sarah Graves, intent on a better future, set out west from Illinois with her new husband, her parents, and eight siblings. Seven months later, after joining a party of emigrants led by George Donner, they reached the Sierra Nevada Mountains as the first heavy snows of the season closed the pass ahead of them. In...