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The Death of the USS Thresher: The Story Behind History's Deadliest Submarine Disaster
by Polmar, Norman
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- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- New/New
- ISBN 10
- 1585743488
- ISBN 13
- 9781585743483
- Seller
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Brooksville, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Guilford, Connecticut: The Lyons Press, 2001. Revised Edition of 1964 Classic . Hardcover. New/New. Signed, inscribed, dated and placed by the author, Norman Polmar, as follows: "Inscribed for James Lasseter-/With appreciation and all/good wishes,/Norman Polmar/Washington, D. C./27 February 2003/". Number line in the work reads as follows: 2 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 3 1. This revised edition of Polmar's 1964 classic is based on interviews with the Thresher's first command officer, other submarine officers, and the designers of the submarine. Polmar provides recently declassified information about the submarine, as well as to the escape and rescue systems developed by the Navy in the aftermath of the disaster. Volume itself has red and black covers with sharp silver lettering on the spine. 194 pages, the book has a yellow remainder mark on the bottom of the pages. NEW BOOK, NEVER USED NOR READ! Dust jacket is protected in an archival quality Brodart cover. Dj is not price-clipped! A very nice, author signed, first printing, of the revised edition; available for immediate shipment, carefully packed in a sturdy box!
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- Bookseller
- James Lasseter, Jr.
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 0011685
- Title
- The Death of the USS Thresher: The Story Behind History's Deadliest Submarine Disaster
- Author
- Polmar, Norman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
- Jacket Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Revised Edition of 1964 Classic
- ISBN 10
- 1585743488
- ISBN 13
- 9781585743483
- Publisher
- The Lyons Press
- Place of Publication
- Guilford, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 2001
- Keywords
- Nuclear Submarines-losses. The Death of the USS Thresher: The Story Behind History's Deadliest Submarine Disaster.
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