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In The Terrible Hours, Maas reconstructs the harrowing 39 hours between the disappearance of the submarine Squalus during a test dive off the New England coast and the eventual rescue of 33 crew members trapped in the vessel 250 feet beneath the sea. It's also the story of Momsen's triumph. Under the worst possible circumstances, Momsen led a successful mission and helped change the future of undersea lifesaving. Not only has Maas written a carefully researched and suspenseful tribute to a true hero, in the process he has salvaged a long-forgotten, riveting piece of American history. --Svenja Soldovieri

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In The Terrible Hours, Maas reconstructs the harrowing 39 hours between the disappearance of the submarine Squalus during a test dive off the New England coast and the eventual rescue of 33 crew members trapped in the vessel 250 feet beneath the sea. It's also the story of Momsen's triumph. Under the worst possible circumstances, Momsen led a successful mission and helped change the future of undersea lifesaving. Not only has Maas written a carefully researched and suspenseful tribute to a true hero, in the process he has salvaged a long-forgotten, riveting piece of American history. --Svenja Soldovieri

]]> 1999 4 2 false Mon Mar 19 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Sun Sep 28 11:47:55 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 28 11:50:36 -0700 2008 1
Chances are you haven’t, and that’s a crying shame, but Peter Mass’s superb book “The Terrible Hours” might change that. “Hours” is a painstakingly researched chronicle of the first successful submarine rescue in naval history, with ...more...]]> 75278830 2684841 607526 0060932775 9780060932770 33 <![CDATA[The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882m/607526.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882s/607526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/607526.The_Terrible_Hours_The_Greatest_Submarine_Rescue_in_History 3.96 144 Swede Momsen was, according to master storyteller Peter Maas, the "greatest submariner the Navy ever had," and he was determined to beat those odds. Momsen spent his career trying to save the lives of trapped submariners, despite an indifferent Navy bureaucracy that thwarted and belittled his efforts at every turn. Every way of saving a sailor entombed in a sub--"smoke bombs, telephone marker buoys, new deep-sea diving techniques, escape hatches, artificial lungs, a great pear-shaped rescue chamber--was either a direct result of Momsen's inventive derring-do, or of value only because of it." Yet on the day the Squalus sank, none of Momsen's inventions had been used in an actual submarine disaster.

In The Terrible Hours, Maas reconstructs the harrowing 39 hours between the disappearance of the submarine Squalus during a test dive off the New England coast and the eventual rescue of 33 crew members trapped in the vessel 250 feet beneath the sea. It's also the story of Momsen's triumph. Under the worst possible circumstances, Momsen led a successful mission and helped change the future of undersea lifesaving. Not only has Maas written a carefully researched and suspenseful tribute to a true hero, in the process he has salvaged a long-forgotten, riveting piece of American history. --Svenja Soldovieri

]]> 1999 5 0 false Wed Oct 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 13:15:38 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 21 13:23:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 60227111 279941 607526 0060932775 9780060932770 33 <![CDATA[The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882m/607526.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882s/607526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/607526.The_Terrible_Hours_The_Greatest_Submarine_Rescue_in_History 3.96 144 Swede Momsen was, according to master storyteller Peter Maas, the "greatest submariner the Navy ever had," and he was determined to beat those odds. Momsen spent his career trying to save the lives of trapped submariners, despite an indifferent Navy bureaucracy that thwarted and belittled his efforts at every turn. Every way of saving a sailor entombed in a sub--"smoke bombs, telephone marker buoys, new deep-sea diving techniques, escape hatches, artificial lungs, a great pear-shaped rescue chamber--was either a direct result of Momsen's inventive derring-do, or of value only because of it." Yet on the day the Squalus sank, none of Momsen's inventions had been used in an actual submarine disaster.

In The Terrible Hours, Maas reconstructs the harrowing 39 hours between the disappearance of the submarine Squalus during a test dive off the New England coast and the eventual rescue of 33 crew members trapped in the vessel 250 feet beneath the sea. It's also the story of Momsen's triumph. Under the worst possible circumstances, Momsen led a successful mission and helped change the future of undersea lifesaving. Not only has Maas written a carefully researched and suspenseful tribute to a true hero, in the process he has salvaged a long-forgotten, riveting piece of American history. --Svenja Soldovieri

]]> 1999 4 0 false Mon Sep 18 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Thu Jun 18 16:44:07 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 18 16:44:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 73839370 2034676 607526 0060932775 9780060932770 33 <![CDATA[The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882m/607526.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882s/607526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/607526.The_Terrible_Hours_The_Greatest_Submarine_Rescue_in_History 3.96 144 Swede Momsen was, according to master storyteller Peter Maas, the "greatest submariner the Navy ever had," and he was determined to beat those odds. Momsen spent his career trying to save the lives of trapped submariners, despite an indifferent Navy bureaucracy that thwarted and belittled his efforts at every turn. Every way of saving a sailor entombed in a sub--"smoke bombs, telephone marker buoys, new deep-sea diving techniques, escape hatches, artificial lungs, a great pear-shaped rescue chamber--was either a direct result of Momsen's inventive derring-do, or of value only because of it." Yet on the day the Squalus sank, none of Momsen's inventions had been used in an actual submarine disaster.

In The Terrible Hours, Maas reconstructs the harrowing 39 hours between the disappearance of the submarine Squalus during a test dive off the New England coast and the eventual rescue of 33 crew members trapped in the vessel 250 feet beneath the sea. It's also the story of Momsen's triumph. Under the worst possible circumstances, Momsen led a successful mission and helped change the future of undersea lifesaving. Not only has Maas written a carefully researched and suspenseful tribute to a true hero, in the process he has salvaged a long-forgotten, riveting piece of American history. --Svenja Soldovieri

]]> 1999 4 0 false Wed Oct 28 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 05:26:54 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 30 15:23:51 -0700 2009 more...]]> 47990308 1713956 607526 0060932775 9780060932770 33 <![CDATA[The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882m/607526.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882s/607526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/607526.The_Terrible_Hours_The_Greatest_Submarine_Rescue_in_History 3.96 144 Swede Momsen was, according to master storyteller Peter Maas, the "greatest submariner the Navy ever had," and he was determined to beat those odds. Momsen spent his career trying to save the lives of trapped submariners, despite an indifferent Navy bureaucracy that thwarted and belittled his efforts at every turn. Every way of saving a sailor entombed in a sub--"smoke bombs, telephone marker buoys, new deep-sea diving techniques, escape hatches, artificial lungs, a great pear-shaped rescue chamber--was either a direct result of Momsen's inventive derring-do, or of value only because of it." Yet on the day the Squalus sank, none of Momsen's inventions had been used in an actual submarine disaster.

In The Terrible Hours, Maas reconstructs the harrowing 39 hours between the disappearance of the submarine Squalus during a test dive off the New England coast and the eventual rescue of 33 crew members trapped in the vessel 250 feet beneath the sea. It's also the story of Momsen's triumph. Under the worst possible circumstances, Momsen led a successful mission and helped change the future of undersea lifesaving. Not only has Maas written a carefully researched and suspenseful tribute to a true hero, in the process he has salvaged a long-forgotten, riveting piece of American history. --Svenja Soldovieri

]]> 1999 4 4 false Sat Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 02 07:33:52 -0800 2009 Sun Aug 30 12:18:59 -0700 2009 more...]]> 80659455 3025833 607526 0060932775 9780060932770 33 <![CDATA[The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882m/607526.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882s/607526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/607526.The_Terrible_Hours_The_Greatest_Submarine_Rescue_in_History 3.96 144 Swede Momsen was, according to master storyteller Peter Maas, the "greatest submariner the Navy ever had," and he was determined to beat those odds. Momsen spent his career trying to save the lives of trapped submariners, despite an indifferent Navy bureaucracy that thwarted and belittled his efforts at every turn. Every way of saving a sailor entombed in a sub--"smoke bombs, telephone marker buoys, new deep-sea diving techniques, escape hatches, artificial lungs, a great pear-shaped rescue chamber--was either a direct result of Momsen's inventive derring-do, or of value only because of it." Yet on the day the Squalus sank, none of Momsen's inventions had been used in an actual submarine disaster.

In The Terrible Hours, Maas reconstructs the harrowing 39 hours between the disappearance of the submarine Squalus during a test dive off the New England coast and the eventual rescue of 33 crew members trapped in the vessel 250 feet beneath the sea. It's also the story of Momsen's triumph. Under the worst possible circumstances, Momsen led a successful mission and helped change the future of undersea lifesaving. Not only has Maas written a carefully researched and suspenseful tribute to a true hero, in the process he has salvaged a long-forgotten, riveting piece of American history. --Svenja Soldovieri

]]> 1999 3 0 false Fri Dec 11 09:10:36 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 11 09:14:47 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 54034697 1127870 607526 0060932775 9780060932770 33 <![CDATA[The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882m/607526.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882s/607526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/607526.The_Terrible_Hours_The_Greatest_Submarine_Rescue_in_History 3.96 144 Swede Momsen was, according to master storyteller Peter Maas, the "greatest submariner the Navy ever had," and he was determined to beat those odds. Momsen spent his career trying to save the lives of trapped submariners, despite an indifferent Navy bureaucracy that thwarted and belittled his efforts at every turn. Every way of saving a sailor entombed in a sub--"smoke bombs, telephone marker buoys, new deep-sea diving techniques, escape hatches, artificial lungs, a great pear-shaped rescue chamber--was either a direct result of Momsen's inventive derring-do, or of value only because of it." Yet on the day the Squalus sank, none of Momsen's inventions had been used in an actual submarine disaster.

In The Terrible Hours, Maas reconstructs the harrowing 39 hours between the disappearance of the submarine Squalus during a test dive off the New England coast and the eventual rescue of 33 crew members trapped in the vessel 250 feet beneath the sea. It's also the story of Momsen's triumph. Under the worst possible circumstances, Momsen led a successful mission and helped change the future of undersea lifesaving. Not only has Maas written a carefully researched and suspenseful tribute to a true hero, in the process he has salvaged a long-forgotten, riveting piece of American history. --Svenja Soldovieri

]]> 1999 3 0 false Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Sun Apr 26 13:26:23 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 08 08:04:56 -0700 2009
This is the tale of the heroic effort it took to save the lives of United States navy men aboard the sunken submarine Squalus. Following the successful mission, the author examines the 100+ days it took to salvage the vessel, the rebuilding of it and its subsequent mis...more...]]> 15049840 721497 607526 0060932775 9780060932770 33 <![CDATA[The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882m/607526.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882s/607526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/607526.The_Terrible_Hours_The_Greatest_Submarine_Rescue_in_History 3.96 144 Swede Momsen was, according to master storyteller Peter Maas, the "greatest submariner the Navy ever had," and he was determined to beat those odds. Momsen spent his career trying to save the lives of trapped submariners, despite an indifferent Navy bureaucracy that thwarted and belittled his efforts at every turn. Every way of saving a sailor entombed in a sub--"smoke bombs, telephone marker buoys, new deep-sea diving techniques, escape hatches, artificial lungs, a great pear-shaped rescue chamber--was either a direct result of Momsen's inventive derring-do, or of value only because of it." Yet on the day the Squalus sank, none of Momsen's inventions had been used in an actual submarine disaster.

In The Terrible Hours, Maas reconstructs the harrowing 39 hours between the disappearance of the submarine Squalus during a test dive off the New England coast and the eventual rescue of 33 crew members trapped in the vessel 250 feet beneath the sea. It's also the story of Momsen's triumph. Under the worst possible circumstances, Momsen led a successful mission and helped change the future of undersea lifesaving. Not only has Maas written a carefully researched and suspenseful tribute to a true hero, in the process he has salvaged a long-forgotten, riveting piece of American history. --Svenja Soldovieri

]]> 1999 5 0 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Sun Feb 10 08:55:12 -0800 2008 Sun Feb 10 09:20:00 -0800 2008 more...]]> 41855858 1704935 607526 0060932775 9780060932770 33 <![CDATA[The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882m/607526.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882s/607526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/607526.The_Terrible_Hours_The_Greatest_Submarine_Rescue_in_History 3.96 144 Swede Momsen was, according to master storyteller Peter Maas, the "greatest submariner the Navy ever had," and he was determined to beat those odds. Momsen spent his career trying to save the lives of trapped submariners, despite an indifferent Navy bureaucracy that thwarted and belittled his efforts at every turn. Every way of saving a sailor entombed in a sub--"smoke bombs, telephone marker buoys, new deep-sea diving techniques, escape hatches, artificial lungs, a great pear-shaped rescue chamber--was either a direct result of Momsen's inventive derring-do, or of value only because of it." Yet on the day the Squalus sank, none of Momsen's inventions had been used in an actual submarine disaster.

In The Terrible Hours, Maas reconstructs the harrowing 39 hours between the disappearance of the submarine Squalus during a test dive off the New England coast and the eventual rescue of 33 crew members trapped in the vessel 250 feet beneath the sea. It's also the story of Momsen's triumph. Under the worst possible circumstances, Momsen led a successful mission and helped change the future of undersea lifesaving. Not only has Maas written a carefully researched and suspenseful tribute to a true hero, in the process he has salvaged a long-forgotten, riveting piece of American history. --Svenja Soldovieri

]]> 1999 5 0 false Fri Jan 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 12:26:19 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 04 12:45:44 -0800 2009 55828251 850716 607526 0060932775 9780060932770 33 <![CDATA[The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882m/607526.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882s/607526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/607526.The_Terrible_Hours_The_Greatest_Submarine_Rescue_in_History 3.96 144 Swede Momsen was, according to master storyteller Peter Maas, the "greatest submariner the Navy ever had," and he was determined to beat those odds. Momsen spent his career trying to save the lives of trapped submariners, despite an indifferent Navy bureaucracy that thwarted and belittled his efforts at every turn. Every way of saving a sailor entombed in a sub--"smoke bombs, telephone marker buoys, new deep-sea diving techniques, escape hatches, artificial lungs, a great pear-shaped rescue chamber--was either a direct result of Momsen's inventive derring-do, or of value only because of it." Yet on the day the Squalus sank, none of Momsen's inventions had been used in an actual submarine disaster.

In The Terrible Hours, Maas reconstructs the harrowing 39 hours between the disappearance of the submarine Squalus during a test dive off the New England coast and the eventual rescue of 33 crew members trapped in the vessel 250 feet beneath the sea. It's also the story of Momsen's triumph. Under the worst possible circumstances, Momsen led a successful mission and helped change the future of undersea lifesaving. Not only has Maas written a carefully researched and suspenseful tribute to a true hero, in the process he has salvaged a long-forgotten, riveting piece of American history. --Svenja Soldovieri

]]> 1999 0 0 false Tue May 12 13:01:13 -0700 2009 Tue May 12 13:01:13 -0700 2009 47484753 1710557 607526 0060932775 9780060932770 33 <![CDATA[The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882m/607526.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882s/607526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/607526.The_Terrible_Hours_The_Greatest_Submarine_Rescue_in_History 3.96 144 Swede Momsen was, according to master storyteller Peter Maas, the "greatest submariner the Navy ever had," and he was determined to beat those odds. Momsen spent his career trying to save the lives of trapped submariners, despite an indifferent Navy bureaucracy that thwarted and belittled his efforts at every turn. Every way of saving a sailor entombed in a sub--"smoke bombs, telephone marker buoys, new deep-sea diving techniques, escape hatches, artificial lungs, a great pear-shaped rescue chamber--was either a direct result of Momsen's inventive derring-do, or of value only because of it." Yet on the day the Squalus sank, none of Momsen's inventions had been used in an actual submarine disaster.

In The Terrible Hours, Maas reconstructs the harrowing 39 hours between the disappearance of the submarine Squalus during a test dive off the New England coast and the eventual rescue of 33 crew members trapped in the vessel 250 feet beneath the sea. It's also the story of Momsen's triumph. Under the worst possible circumstances, Momsen led a successful mission and helped change the future of undersea lifesaving. Not only has Maas written a carefully researched and suspenseful tribute to a true hero, in the process he has salvaged a long-forgotten, riveting piece of American history. --Svenja Soldovieri

]]> 1999 4 0 false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Wed Feb 25 08:36:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 08:36:52 -0800 2009 ]]> 55954016 1417307 607526 0060932775 9780060932770 33 <![CDATA[The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882m/607526.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882s/607526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/607526.The_Terrible_Hours_The_Greatest_Submarine_Rescue_in_History 3.96 144 Swede Momsen was, according to master storyteller Peter Maas, the "greatest submariner the Navy ever had," and he was determined to beat those odds. Momsen spent his career trying to save the lives of trapped submariners, despite an indifferent Navy bureaucracy that thwarted and belittled his efforts at every turn. Every way of saving a sailor entombed in a sub--"smoke bombs, telephone marker buoys, new deep-sea diving techniques, escape hatches, artificial lungs, a great pear-shaped rescue chamber--was either a direct result of Momsen's inventive derring-do, or of value only because of it." Yet on the day the Squalus sank, none of Momsen's inventions had been used in an actual submarine disaster.

In The Terrible Hours, Maas reconstructs the harrowing 39 hours between the disappearance of the submarine Squalus during a test dive off the New England coast and the eventual rescue of 33 crew members trapped in the vessel 250 feet beneath the sea. It's also the story of Momsen's triumph. Under the worst possible circumstances, Momsen led a successful mission and helped change the future of undersea lifesaving. Not only has Maas written a carefully researched and suspenseful tribute to a true hero, in the process he has salvaged a long-forgotten, riveting piece of American history. --Svenja Soldovieri

]]> 1999 4 0 false Wed May 13 12:30:16 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 12:31:41 -0700 2009 69502632 612916 607526 0060932775 9780060932770 33 <![CDATA[The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882m/607526.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882s/607526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/607526.The_Terrible_Hours_The_Greatest_Submarine_Rescue_in_History 3.96 144 Swede Momsen was, according to master storyteller Peter Maas, the "greatest submariner the Navy ever had," and he was determined to beat those odds. Momsen spent his career trying to save the lives of trapped submariners, despite an indifferent Navy bureaucracy that thwarted and belittled his efforts at every turn. Every way of saving a sailor entombed in a sub--"smoke bombs, telephone marker buoys, new deep-sea diving techniques, escape hatches, artificial lungs, a great pear-shaped rescue chamber--was either a direct result of Momsen's inventive derring-do, or of value only because of it." Yet on the day the Squalus sank, none of Momsen's inventions had been used in an actual submarine disaster.

In The Terrible Hours, Maas reconstructs the harrowing 39 hours between the disappearance of the submarine Squalus during a test dive off the New England coast and the eventual rescue of 33 crew members trapped in the vessel 250 feet beneath the sea. It's also the story of Momsen's triumph. Under the worst possible circumstances, Momsen led a successful mission and helped change the future of undersea lifesaving. Not only has Maas written a carefully researched and suspenseful tribute to a true hero, in the process he has salvaged a long-forgotten, riveting piece of American history. --Svenja Soldovieri

]]> 1999 4 0 false Sat Sep 05 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 30 18:55:50 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 05 15:18:01 -0700 2009
I found myself going to Google quite a bit.]]> 3998119 241691 607526 0060932775 9780060932770 33 <![CDATA[The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882m/607526.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882s/607526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/607526.The_Terrible_Hours_The_Greatest_Submarine_Rescue_in_History 3.96 144 Swede Momsen was, according to master storyteller Peter Maas, the "greatest submariner the Navy ever had," and he was determined to beat those odds. Momsen spent his career trying to save the lives of trapped submariners, despite an indifferent Navy bureaucracy that thwarted and belittled his efforts at every turn. Every way of saving a sailor entombed in a sub--"smoke bombs, telephone marker buoys, new deep-sea diving techniques, escape hatches, artificial lungs, a great pear-shaped rescue chamber--was either a direct result of Momsen's inventive derring-do, or of value only because of it." Yet on the day the Squalus sank, none of Momsen's inventions had been used in an actual submarine disaster.

In The Terrible Hours, Maas reconstructs the harrowing 39 hours between the disappearance of the submarine Squalus during a test dive off the New England coast and the eventual rescue of 33 crew members trapped in the vessel 250 feet beneath the sea. It's also the story of Momsen's triumph. Under the worst possible circumstances, Momsen led a successful mission and helped change the future of undersea lifesaving. Not only has Maas written a carefully researched and suspenseful tribute to a true hero, in the process he has salvaged a long-forgotten, riveting piece of American history. --Svenja Soldovieri

]]> 1999 4 0 false Sun Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2001 Thu Aug 02 19:25:26 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 19:26:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 63097696 2189356 607526 0060932775 9780060932770 33 <![CDATA[The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882m/607526.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882s/607526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/607526.The_Terrible_Hours_The_Greatest_Submarine_Rescue_in_History 3.96 144 Swede Momsen was, according to master storyteller Peter Maas, the "greatest submariner the Navy ever had," and he was determined to beat those odds. Momsen spent his career trying to save the lives of trapped submariners, despite an indifferent Navy bureaucracy that thwarted and belittled his efforts at every turn. Every way of saving a sailor entombed in a sub--"smoke bombs, telephone marker buoys, new deep-sea diving techniques, escape hatches, artificial lungs, a great pear-shaped rescue chamber--was either a direct result of Momsen's inventive derring-do, or of value only because of it." Yet on the day the Squalus sank, none of Momsen's inventions had been used in an actual submarine disaster.

In The Terrible Hours, Maas reconstructs the harrowing 39 hours between the disappearance of the submarine Squalus during a test dive off the New England coast and the eventual rescue of 33 crew members trapped in the vessel 250 feet beneath the sea. It's also the story of Momsen's triumph. Under the worst possible circumstances, Momsen led a successful mission and helped change the future of undersea lifesaving. Not only has Maas written a carefully researched and suspenseful tribute to a true hero, in the process he has salvaged a long-forgotten, riveting piece of American history. --Svenja Soldovieri

]]> 1999 4 0 false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Sat Jul 11 18:56:14 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 18:58:14 -0700 2009 46730786 708487 607526 0060932775 9780060932770 33 <![CDATA[The Terrible Hours: The Greatest Submarine Rescue in History]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882m/607526.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1176249882s/607526.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/607526.The_Terrible_Hours_The_Greatest_Submarine_Rescue_in_History 3.96 144 Swede Momsen was, according to master storyteller Peter Maas, the "greatest submariner the Navy ever had," and he was determined to beat those odds. Momsen spent his career trying to save the lives of trapped submariners, despite an indifferent Navy bureaucracy that thwarted and belittled his efforts at every turn. Every way of saving a sailor entombed in a sub--"smoke bombs, telephone marker buoys, new deep-sea diving techniques, escape hatches, artificial lungs, a great pear-shaped rescue chamber--was either a direct result of Momsen's inventive derring-do, or of value only because of it." Yet on the day the Squalus sank, none of Momsen's inventions had been used in an actual submarine disaster.

In The Terrible Hours, Maas reconstructs the harrowing 39 hours between the disappearance of the submarine Squalus during a test dive off the New England coast and the eventual rescue of 33 crew members trapped in the vessel 250 feet beneath the sea. It's also the story of Momsen's triumph. Under the worst possible circumstances, Momsen led a successful mission and helped change the future of undersea lifesaving. Not only has Maas written a carefully researched and suspenseful tribute to a true hero, in the process he has salvaged a long-forgotten, riveting piece of American history. --Svenja Soldovieri

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In The Terrible Hours, Maas reconstructs the harrowing 39 hours between the disappearance of the submarine Squalus during a test dive off the New England coast and the eventual rescue of 33 crew members trapped in the vessel 250 feet beneath the sea. It's also the story of Momsen's triumph. Under the worst possible circumstances, Momsen led a successful mission and helped change the future of undersea lifesaving. Not only has Maas written a carefully researched and suspenseful tribute to a true hero, in the process he has salvaged a long-forgotten, riveting piece of American history. --Svenja Soldovieri

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In The Terrible Hours, Maas reconstructs the harrowing 39 hours between the disappearance of the submarine Squalus during a test dive off the New England coast and the eventual rescue of 33 crew members trapped in the vessel 250 feet beneath the sea. It's also the story of Momsen's triumph. Under the worst possible circumstances, Momsen led a successful mission and helped change the future of undersea lifesaving. Not only has Maas written a carefully researched and suspenseful tribute to a true hero, in the process he has salvaged a long-forgotten, riveting piece of American history. --Svenja Soldovieri

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In The Terrible Hours, Maas reconstructs the harrowing 39 hours between the disappearance of the submarine Squalus during a test dive off the New England coast and the eventual rescue of 33 crew members trapped in the vessel 250 feet beneath the sea. It's also the story of Momsen's triumph. Under the worst possible circumstances, Momsen led a successful mission and helped change the future of undersea lifesaving. Not only has Maas written a carefully researched and suspenseful tribute to a true hero, in the process he has salvaged a long-forgotten, riveting piece of American history. --Svenja Soldovieri

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In The Terrible Hours, Maas reconstructs the harrowing 39 hours between the disappearance of the submarine Squalus during a test dive off the New England coast and the eventual rescue of 33 crew members trapped in the vessel 250 feet beneath the sea. It's also the story of Momsen's triumph. Under the worst possible circumstances, Momsen led a successful mission and helped change the future of undersea lifesaving. Not only has Maas written a carefully researched and suspenseful tribute to a true hero, in the process he has salvaged a long-forgotten, riveting piece of American history. --Svenja Soldovieri

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