The Amateurs

In The Amateurs, David Halberstam once again displays the unique brand of reportage, both penetrating and supple, that distinguished his best-selling 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 endorsements, the oarsmen gain fame only with each other and strive without any hope of financial reward. SC, 221 pages.