Adrenaline-quickening tales of adventure and exploration in the
depths of the world's high seas.
For decades, readers and filmgoers alike have been drawn to
submarine stories. After all, what could be more compelling and
irresistible than the drama of human beings locked in steel
cocoons, fighting the sea, the enemy, and even themselves? From sea
chases, numbing depth-charge attacks, and undersea "wolf packs"
stalking their prey, to survival epics, miraculous rescues, and
journeys of exploration, these underwater adventures are inherently
filled with action, suspense, and vivid portraits of extraordinary
skill and courage in the face of agonizing death beneath the
waves.
The Greatest Submarine Stories Ever Told brings together the most
engaging and illuminating works of fiction and nonfiction ever
written about submarines. Of course, no such story collection would
be complete without the bestsellers: Tom Clancy's Cold War drama
about the secret defection of a Russian commander in The Hunt for
Red October; Robert Kurson's expose of deep sea divers obsessed
with sunken U-boats in Shadow Divers; and Captain Edward Beach's
classic Run Silent, Run Deep about American subs on the attack in
the Pacific. In addition are tales of fantastical voyages, such as
Jules Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea. Then there are the
magnificent feats of exploration, such as the nuclear sub that
surfaced at the North Pole in Nautilus 90 North; and the courage
and teamwork used to carry out operations when the odds of success
and survival seemed nil in The Boat. Homer Hickam Jr.'s superb
account of battles with U-boats off the Atlantic Coast in 1942 in
Torpedo Junction is included here, as well asaccounts of famous
submarine tragedies such as the losses of America's Thresher and
Russia's K-19. Even Civil War buffs will find something here in
Raising the Hunley, the story of the Confederate attack boat, which
managed to sink the USS Housatonic but never returned to
port.
For anyone who like tales brisk with pace and action and the feel
of challenging the seven seas, The Greatest Submarine Stories Ever
Told is the perfect book.
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