Terrilbe Hours: The Man Behind the Greatest Submarine Rescue in History

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, prizewinning author Peter Maas vividly recreates 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?Maas, Peter is the author of 'Terrilbe Hours: The Man Behind the Greatest Submarine Rescue in History' with ISBN 9780606227896 and ISBN 060622789X.