The Terrible Hours

图书标准信息

• 作者 Peter Maas 著
• 出版社 HarperCollins
• 出版时间 1999-09
• ISBN 9780060194802
• 定价 233.50元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 272页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

OntheeveofWorldWarII,America'snewestsubmarineplungedhelplesslytotheNorthAtlanticbottomduringatestdive.Miraculously,thirty-threecrewmembersstillsurvived.Whiletheirwivesandgirlfriendswaitedinnearlyunbearabletensiononshore,theirultimatefatewoulddependononeman.Inthisthrillingtruenarrativeofterror,heroismandcourageinthedepthsofamalevolentocean,prizewinningauthorPeterMaasbringsusinvividdetailablow-by-blowaccountofthedisasteranditsuncertainoutcome.ThesubwastheSqualus.ThemanwasaU.S.Navyofficer,Charles"Swede"Momsen,anextraordinarycombinationofvisionary,scientistandmanofaction.Untilhisadvent,itwasacceptedthatifasubmarinewentdown,hercrewwasdoomed.ButMomsen,inthefaceofanindifferent,oftensneeringnavalbureaucracy,battlingredtapeanddisbelievingnaysayerseverystepoftheway,riskedhisownlifeagainandagainagainsttheunknowninhiseffortstoinventandpioneereveryescapeandrescuedevice,everydeep-seadivingtechnique,tosaveanentombedcrew.Withthecrippled,partiallyfloodedSqualuslostontheNorthAtlanticfloor,Momsenfacedhispersonalmomentoftruth:Couldheactuallypluckthosemenfromawaterygrave?Hadallhisworkbeeninvain?Thelegacyofhisdeath-defyingprobesintoourinnerspaceremainswithustoday,andinthisdepictionoftheperseveranceandtriumphofthehumanspirit,SwedeMomsenisgivenhisrightfulplaceinthepantheonoftrueAmericanheroes.

【作者简介】

PeterMaas'sistheauthorofthenumberoneNewYorkTimesbestsellerUnderboss.HisothernotablebestsellersincludeTheValachiPapers,Serpico,Manhunt,andInaChild'sName.HelivesinNewYorkCity.