The Harvard Boat to Mexico Transistor (https://transistor.fm) https://feeds.transistor.fm/the-harvard-boat-to-mexico The Harvard Boat to Mexico… a historical & transformative novel In 1968, as war rages in Vietnam and protests shake the globe, three young men at Harvard with troubled pasts—Jamal, a gifted Black from Memphis; Frank Luis, a Chicano activist from California; and Gordie, the privileged son of a Harvard legacy fight for a seat on the university's Olympic rowing team. When Jamal falls in love with Amy, a white Radcliffe journalist covering the team, their romance becomes a flashpoint in a year already on fire. As the Games near—and the massacre of 300 Mexican students by the Army stuns the world, each rower and Amy must decide whether to continue and what loyalty means—to the team, to their beliefs, and themselves. © 2025 Kent Garrett b33328bd-6fe4-502d-8d64-0c45b02f776c no en Fri, 31 Oct 2025 12:12:25 -0400 Wed, 03 Dec 2025 02:47:05 -0500 https://img.transistor.fm/4FyX_AccK5ZMhR6IB05j7nfrGs8uNH0jkBpPdMDhX3Y/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9mNDli/ZjA2NmU2ZTg5M2Fm/MzVhMjU5ZjUxZjIz/NzU0Yi5qcGc.jpg The Harvard Boat to Mexico serial Kent Garrett The Harvard Boat to Mexico… a historical & transformative novel In 1968, as war rages in Vietnam and protests shake the globe, three young men at Harvard with troubled pasts—Jamal, a gifted Black from Memphis; Frank Luis, a Chicano activist from California; and Gordie, the privileged son of a Harvard legacy fight for a seat on the university's Olympic rowing team. When Jamal falls in love with Amy, a white Radcliffe journalist covering the team, their romance becomes a flashpoint in a year already on fire. As the Games near—and the massacre of 300 Mexican students by the Army stuns the world, each rower and Amy must decide whether to continue and what loyalty means—to the team, to their beliefs, and themselves. The Harvard Boat to Mexico… a historical & transformative novel In 1968, as war rages in Vietnam and protests shake the globe, three young men at Harvard with troubled pasts—Jamal, a gifted Black from Memphis; Frank Luis, a Chicano activist from California; and Gordie, the privileged son of a Harvard legacy fight for a seat on the university's Olympic rowing team. Kent Garrett kent632003@yahoo.com No No Chapter 1 - First Race 1 1 Chapter 1 - First Race full ae749da0-add2-499a-8e37-99ceacc7f53d https://share.transistor.fm/s/910c2727 Harvard rowers listen to the rhythmic splashing of water and roar of the motorboat as their two gleaming red Harvard racing shells move upriver on the Charles towards the starting line. 

It is 8:00, Thursday morning, August 1st, 1968, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

A 2,000-meter race is about to start.

The sun is just coming up, and rowers really can’t make out the shoreline yet. As they move through fog and into the wind, each boy feels little water droplets on his face. 

They are all seniors. In a few months, Harvard will send one of these boats to Mexico to compete in the 1968 Olympic Games.

]]> Harvard rowers listen to the rhythmic splashing of water and roar of the motorboat as their two gleaming red Harvard racing shells move upriver on the Charles towards the starting line. 

It is 8:00, Thursday morning, August 1st, 1968, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

A 2,000-meter race is about to start.

The sun is just coming up, and rowers really can’t make out the shoreline yet. As they move through fog and into the wind, each boy feels little water droplets on his face. 

They are all seniors. In a few months, Harvard will send one of these boats to Mexico to compete in the 1968 Olympic Games.

]]> Tue, 23 Sep 2025 08:59:54 -0400 Kent Garrett Kent Garrett 1630 Harvard rowers listen to the rhythmic splashing of water and roar of the motorboat as their two gleaming red Harvard racing shells move upriver on the Charles towards the starting line. 

It is 8:00, Thursday morning, August 1st, 1968, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. 

A 2,000-meter race is about to start.

The sun is just coming up, and rowers really can’t make out the shoreline yet. As they move through fog and into the wind, each boy feels little water droplets on his face. 

They are all seniors. In a few months, Harvard will send one of these boats to Mexico to compete in the 1968 Olympic Games.

]]> No The Harvard Boat to Mexico Chapter 2 - Jamal at Age 15 2 2 The Harvard Boat to Mexico Chapter 2 - Jamal at Age 15 full ae1b6c3e-0c9b-4982-b5f6-babc47ecc1ee https://share.transistor.fm/s/e32d355f Wed, 15 Oct 2025 07:54:51 -0400 Kent Garrett Kent Garrett 525 No The Harvard Boat to Mexico Chapter 3 - Frank Luis at Age 15 3 3 The Harvard Boat to Mexico Chapter 3 - Frank Luis at Age 15 full 40948998-297d-4f11-931a-10ac46505019 https://share.transistor.fm/s/63ee3bfa Wed, 15 Oct 2025 07:56:43 -0400 Kent Garrett Kent Garrett 526 No The Harvard Boat to Mexico Chapter 4 - Gordie at Age 15 4 4 The Harvard Boat to Mexico Chapter 4 - Gordie at Age 15 full 8580a43c-d8bb-49e6-ac84-781fc3a2cb38 https://share.transistor.fm/s/a1d079d2 Fri, 31 Oct 2025 10:56:13 -0400 Kent Garrett Kent Garrett 431 No The Harvard Boat to Mexico Chapter 5 - Troubles at Harvard/SDS 5 5 The Harvard Boat to Mexico Chapter 5 - Troubles at Harvard/SDS full 38d21e67-02ca-4f44-b74d-1b3aea32a2ca https://share.transistor.fm/s/e9304120 Fri, 31 Oct 2025 12:12:05 -0400 Kent Garrett Kent Garrett 1105 No