The Publishing Event of 2011

My name is Peter Mallory, and I have spent seven years researching a four-volume, 2,500-page celebration of the sport of rowing, and now the book is complete and in the hands of readers worldwide.

"What a herculean effort! So well done!" - Allen Rosenberg, legendary Olympic and World Champion U.S. Coach

"Magnificent!" - Jürgen Grobler, Great Britain Men's Head Coach

"Extraordinary!" - Paul Thompson, Great Britain Women's Head Coach

"I have learned so much from what you have written. The amount of time you have given to this project is impressive. Your work humbles me." - Mike Spracklen, Canada Men's Head Coach

"You are doing a lot and a great job!" - Igor Grinko, China Head Coach

"Thank you again for your great work. I am going to buy this book!" - Hartmut Buschbacher, Germany Head Coach

The book contains wonderful stories, anecdotes and compelling tales, some told for the very first time, as well as images from historic films and photos, many long forgotten, along with the words of athletes and coaches who have made rowing history. The book also addresses how the great historic boats actually rowed. This subject has never before been fully explored.

"Peter, if you hadn't written this, my little bit of rowing history would not have been recorded. I so appreciate what you have done." - Joan Lind Van Blom, 1976 & 1984 U.S. Olympic Silver Medalist

"You should feel very proud to have recorded for the first time and in such a professional and personal manner the memories and experiences of so many elite competitors in the rowing world. From day one you developed a special bond with these proud athletes and coaches, and you won their trust and respect, and that has allowed the personal dialogue to flow. This has resulted in a truly unique rowing book which gives a remarkable insight into our wonderful sport at the very highest level." - Tony Brook, 1982 World Champion New Zealand Eight

The limited collector edition, four cloth-bound volumes in a slip case, the illustrations in full color, consecutively numbered, signed and dedicated by me, went on sale to the public on Wednesday, April 6, exclusively at www.row2k.com/rowingmall/, and it sold out in one week's time. Many thanks. Each purchaser has been listed in both editions of the book, and the collector editions have now reached their new homes.

The four-volume soft cover standard edition, same format, same content, same full color illustrations, has now also sold out worldwide. I am profoundly grateful to our exclusive internet sales sites: www.row2k.com and www.rowperfect.co.uk. A limited number of standard editions remain for sale to visitors to Richard Way Booksellers and our publisher,the River & Rowing Museum, both in Henley-on-Thames, England.

I recently met with purchasers of both editions at the Head of the Charles in Boston, Massachusetts on October 22 and 23, 2011. It was also a chance for contributors to my research to say hi and for me to thank them in person. For some, it was the first time we ever met face-to-face. For others, it was the first time in decades.

I also spoke at the Rowing History Forum at the River & Rowing Museum in Henley a week later on October 29.

If you are interested in keeping informed as my future plans are put into action, please click here and sign up for our newsletter. I was silent for a few months as I pushed to complete the manuscript, but now that all the copies have been sold and shipped I will continue to send out newsletters as I discover new ways to give back to the world rowing community that has been my family for 52 years.

Since August 2006, excerpts from this book have been appearing on www.row2k.com. More recently, additional excerpts have begun appearing on other websites in Italy, Britain and the U.S.

Here are the links:

I encourage you to visit these websites often and respond back to me with comments, additions, corrections, agreements, disagreements, additional anecdotes, whatever strikes you. I will answer every email. My book contains the words of the rowing community more than my own, and that is how it should be.

For seven years I have given anyone and everyone around the world: athletes, coaches and members of the rowing community, the opportunity to review what I have written and offer comments, corrections, suggestions, agreements, disagreements, alternative explanations and opinions, etc., and now both editions are in the hands of readers. This has been a community project, and I really appreciate everyone's participation and patience.

History is the collective memory of a culture. They say there's nothing new under the sun, and that's especially true in the sport of rowing. The very same questions we ask today were already being asked and answered before 1830! There is so much wisdom and passion bound up in the hopes and dreams, the accomplishments and failures of the brave men and women who have pulled oars for recreation or sport since the 1700s. They form our rowing heritage. I have written this new compendium to tell their stories before they are entirely lost in the fog of passing time.

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