Author Daniel James Brown comes to Bellingham to talk about historic 1936 UW crew team

Daniel James Brown shares his book, “The Boys in the Boat, ” about the University of Washington eight-oar crew team that stunned the world by winning the gold medal, beating the German team as Adolf Hitler looked on at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, in a free event at 4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 22, at Western Washington University’s Viking Union Multipurpose Room.