''The Yanks at Oxford: The 1987 Boat Race Controversy'' is a non-fiction book written by Allison Gill and published in 1991. The book is a commentary on '' True Blue: The Oxford Boat Race Mutiny'' by

Dan Topolski Daniel "Dan" Topolski (4 June 1945 – 21 February 2015) was a British author, rower, rowing coach and commentator on BBC television. He studied at the University of Oxford where he represented the Blue boat twice, in 1967 and 1968. In 1977, he w ...

and Patrick Robinson.

Subject

Both books discuss the events surrounding the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race of

1987 File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, k ...

in which an American contingent led by Chris Clark of the

Oxford Oxford () is a city in England. It is the county town and only city of Oxfordshire. In 2020, its population was estimated at 151,584. It is north-west of London, south-east of Birmingham and north-east of Bristol. The city is home to the ...

team mutinied and was replaced by a less experienced team. In ''The Yanks at Oxford'' Gill, who was president of the

Oxford University Women's Boat Club Oxford University Women's Boat Club (OUWBC) is the rowing club for female rowers (and coxes of either sex) who are students at the University of Oxford. The club was founded in 1926 and is now based in Wallingford at the Fleming Boat House ...

at the time of the incident, attempts to defend the actions of the American contingent. Gill is of the opinion that Topolski wrote ''True Blue'' to justify his own actions and also says that she believes that the Americans were not there to disrupt the boat race. Gill also raises criticism towards the portrayal of the American contingent in ''True Blue'' and its film adaptation.Mutiny on the Isis
Times Higher Education. Retrieved 26 March 2018

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