by Peter Maas · Ebury Press · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780091879372
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«The Terrible Hours» is Peter Maas's historical account of the Squalus rescue, published by Ebury Press in paperback (320 pages, in English).
On the eve of World War II, the American submarine Squalus sinks in the North Atlantic, leaving 33 crewmen alive on the bottom. The work reconstructs minute by minute the rescue operation and the figure of officer Charles 'Swede' Momsen, a pioneer of submarine salvage whose ingenuity proves decisive.
The book is a work of naval history, 2001 edition, with the cover subtitle 'The Man Behind the Greatest Submarine Rescue in History'.
For those interested in American naval history, World War II submarines and real-life rescue stories.
Peter Maas was an American journalist and author. He was born in New York City and attended Duke University. Maas had Dutch and Irish ancestry.
