The Terrible Hours
The Man Behind the Greatest Submarine Rescue in History
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On the eve of World War II, the Squalus, America's newest submarine, plunged into the North Atlantic. Miraculously, thirty-three crew members still survived. While their loved ones waited in unbearable tension on shore, their ultimate fate would depend upon one man, U.S. Navy officer Charles "Swede" Momsen -- an extraordinary combination of visionary, scientist, and man of action. In this thrilling true narrative, prize-winning author Peter Maas brings us in the vivid detail a moment-by-moment account of the disaster and the man at its center. Could he actually pluck those men from a watery grave? Or had all his pioneering work been in vain?
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The Terrible Hours, Peter Maas
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- 1999
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- Title
- The Terrible Hours
- Subtitle
- The Man Behind the Greatest Submarine Rescue in History
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Peter Maas
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Released
- 1999
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 272
- ISBN10
- 0060194804
- ISBN13
- 9780060194802
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- First published
- 1999
- Original title
- The terrible hours
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- On the eve of World War II, the Squalus, America's newest submarine, plunged into the North Atlantic. Miraculously, thirty-three crew members still survived. While their loved ones waited in unbearable tension on shore, their ultimate fate would depend upon one man, U.S. Navy officer Charles "Swede" Momsen -- an extraordinary combination of visionary, scientist, and man of action. In this thrilling true narrative, prize-winning author Peter Maas brings us in the vivid detail a moment-by-moment account of the disaster and the man at its center. Could he actually pluck those men from a watery grave? Or had all his pioneering work been in vain?