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K19 The Widowmaker: The Secret Story of the Soviet Nuclear Submarine
by Huchthausen, Peter Capt USN (RET)
- Used
- Paperback
- first
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
- ISBN 10
- 079226472X
- ISBN 13
- 9780792264729
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King River, Western Australia, Australia
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National Geographic, Washington, 2002. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Very Good Condition. First impression. Size: Octavo (standard book size). 243 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. All edges clean, neat and free of foxing. The book has been read and carries some marks and creases. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. A companion to the feature film of the same name, K-19: The Widowmaker tells the hair-raising story of the Soviet submarine that nearly caused a nuclear meltdown in 1961. The sub developed a leak as it was heading toward the North Atlantic, and only the ingenious efforts of the crew eight of whom died within days from radiation poisoning staved off a global disaster. Author Peter Huchthausen, a retired U.S. Navy captain and former naval attachÂ? in Moscow (as well as a technical adviser on the film), recounts the fateful events and also describes the making of the film. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilogram. Category: Military & Warfare; Russia; 1960s; History. ISBN: 079226472x. ISBN/EAN: 9780792264729. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 6809. . 9780792264729
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- Bookseller
- Great Southern Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6809
- Title
- K19 The Widowmaker: The Secret Story of the Soviet Nuclear Submarine
- Author
- Huchthausen, Peter Capt USN (RET)
- Format/Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 079226472X
- ISBN 13
- 9780792264729
- Publisher
- National Geographic
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 2002
- Keywords
- BZDB137 k19, nuclear submarine, reactor, soviet union, cold war, Military & Warfare; Russia; 1960s; History. ISBN: 079226472x EAN: 9780792264729 Huchthausen, Peter Capt USN (RET) K19 The Widowmaker: The Secret Story of the Soviet Nuclear Submarine
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