{"product_id":"escape-from-the-deep-the-epic-story-of-a-legendary-submarine-and-her-courageous-crew-9780306817908","title":"Escape from the Deep: The Epic Story of a Legendary Submarine and Her Courageous Crew","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"Their submarine was dead, one hundred and eighty feet below the surface of the Pacific Ocean. Somehow they survived. They were tortured and beaten. Somehow they survived. Alex Kershaw has done it again as he brings to life World War II's greatest submarine survival adventure.\" --James Bradley, author of \u003ci\u003eFlags of Our Fathers\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFlyboys\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In the early morning hours of October 24, 1944, the legendary U.S. Navy submarine \u003ci\u003eTang\u003c\/i\u003e was hit by one of its own faulty torpedoes. The survivors of the explosion struggled to stay alive one hundred-eighty feet beneath the surface, while the Japanese dropped deadly depth charges. As the air ran out, some of the crew made a daring ascent through the escape hatch. In the end, just nine of the original eighty-man crew survived. \u003cp\u003e But the survivors were beginning a far greater ordeal. After being picked up by the Japanese, they were sent to an interrogation camp known as the \"Torture Farm.\" When they were liberated in 1945, they were close to death, but they had revealed nothing to the Japanese, including the greatest secret of World War II. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e With the same heart-pounding narrative drive that made \u003ci\u003eThe Bedford Boys\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Longest Winter\u003c\/i\u003e national bestsellers, Alex Kershaw brings to life this incredible story of survival and endurance. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlex Kershaw\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the widely acclaimed bestsellers \u003ci\u003eThe Bedford Boys, The Longest Winter, The Few\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eEscape from the Deep\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. He lives in Massachusetts.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Da Capo Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50726070288658,"sku":"9780306817908","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_9aa9b61c-cab1-4063-9ac1-c2cf9fe73cbe.jpg?v=1734853250","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/escape-from-the-deep-the-epic-story-of-a-legendary-submarine-and-her-courageous-crew-9780306817908","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}