The Terrible Hours
The Man Behind the Greatest Submarine Rescue in History
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Word Count
94,500 words, Guess
Page Count
378 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveterriblehours00pete
- ISBN-100786224274
- ISBN-139780786224272
- Goodreads6910624
- Library of Congress Control Number99058957
and 1 more
- Open LibraryOL9538332M
Classifications
- LCCVA65.S68 M33 2000
Description
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.
First Sentence
It was a Tuesday, May 23, 1939.
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