The Terrible Hours

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?'Gripping' New York Times'A white knuckle read' Publishers Weekly

About the author

Peter Maas

Summary

On the eve of World War II, the Squalus, America's newest submarine, plunged to the bottom of the North Atlantic. 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.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Maas, Maas Peter
• Publisher: Ebury Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.04.2001
• EAN: 9780091879372
• ISBN: 978-0-09-187937-2
• No. of pages: 322
• Dimensions: 110 mm x 178 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 295 g
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books > Non-fiction books / Non-fiction picture books; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; HISTORY / Military / Naval, United States of America, USA, c 1930 to c 1939, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival, Naval forces and warfare