The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History Paperback - 2001
by Peter Maas
On the eve of World War II, the "Squalus", America's prized submarine, plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic. Thirty-three members survived, largely because of the efforts of U.S. Navy officer Charles "Swede" Momsen. In this thrilling true account, Maas vividly recreates the adventure, which will be aired as an NBC-TV movie in April 2001.
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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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- Title The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History
- Author Peter Maas
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, New York
- Date 2001-03-06
- ISBN 9780060932770 / 0060932775
- Weight 0.51 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 8.02 x 5.33 x 0.67 in (20.37 x 13.54 x 1.70 cm)
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- Chronological Period: 1940's
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Chronological Period: 1900-1949
- Cultural Region: New England
- Cultural Region: Northeast U.S.
- Geographic Orientation: New Hampshire
- Library of Congress subjects Squalus (Submarine), Momsen, Charles Bowers
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2001016407
- Dewey Decimal Code 910.916
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