The Terrible Hours: The Man Behind the Greatest Submarine Rescue in History (Thorndike Press Large Print Americana Series) - Hardcover

Maas, Peter

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0786224274 ISBN 13: 9780786224272

Publisher: Thorndike Pr, 2000

Synopsis

Provides an account of how, shortly before World War Ii, a heroic Naval officer named Swede Momsen led the efforts to save thirty-three men trapped in a sunken submarine.

About this title

Book Description:

'A suspenseful tale of terror, courage, heroism . I couldn't put it down.' Tom Brokaw

From the Back Cover:

'A SUSPENSEFUL TALE OF TERROR, COURAGE, HEROISM... I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN.'
Tom Brokaw

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 in the stricken vessel. While their loved ones waited in unbearable tension onshore, their ultimate fate would depend upon one man, US Navy officer Charles 'Swede' Momsen - an extraordinary combination of visionary, scientist and man of action. In this thrilling true story, prize-winning author Peter Maas vividly re-creates a moment-by-moment account of the disaster and the man at its centre. Could he actually pluck those men from a watery grave? Or had all his pioneering work been in vain?

'TAKE A DEEP BREATH BEFORE DIVING INTO THIS NAVY RESCUE'
Life magazine

'RIVETING'
Vanity Fair

About this edition

• Publisher: Thorndike Pr
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0786224274
• ISBN 13: 9780786224272
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 374