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On the eve of World War II, the Squalus, America's newest submarine, plunged to the bottom of 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 account, prize-winning author Peter Maas vividly re-creates 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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- Released
- 2000
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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
- 2000
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 309
- ISBN10
- 0061014591
- ISBN13
- 9780061014598
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Historical Themes, History, Technology & Engineering, Cars & Transportation, Military History, Military Fiction, Wars, World War II, Survival, Submarines
- 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 to the bottom of 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 account, prize-winning author Peter Maas vividly re-creates 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?