Complete
Caving Manual
by Andy Sparrow
Paperback from Crowood Press
ISBN: 1847971466
Underground cave systems have a unique
fascination for explorers, with their soaring caverns, breath-taking formations,
and potential for finding uncharted passageways. Illustrated throughout
with stunning photographs and explanatory diagrams, The Complete Caving
Manual is a comprehensive guide to safe, responsible caving for novices
and experts alike. Topics covered include: how caves and cave formations
develop; modern caving equipment; planning and preparation for a caving
trip; party leadership; horizontal techniques; vertical techniques and
rope work; dealing with emergencies; exploring underground; cave flora
and fauna, and where to cave.
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Blind
Descent: The Quest to Discover the Deepest Place on Earth
by James M. Tabor
Hardcover from Random House
Media Published: 2010-
ISBN: 1400067677
The deepest cave on earth was a prize that had remained unclaimed for
centuries, long after every other ultimate discovery had been made: both
poles by 1912, Everest in 1958, the Challenger Deep in 1961. In 1969 we
even walked on the moon. And yet as late as 2000, the earth's deepest cave--the
supercave--remained undiscovered. This is the story of the men and women
who risked everything to find it, earning their place in history beside
the likes of Peary, Amundsen, Hillary, and Armstrong.
In 2004, two great scientist-explorers are attempting to find the bottom
of the world. Bold, heroic American Bill Stone is committed to the vast
Cheve Cave, located in southern Mexico and deadly even by supercave standards.
On the other side of the globe, legendary Ukrainian explorer Alexander
Klimchouk--Stone's polar opposite in temperament and style, but every bit
his equal in scientific expertise, physical bravery, and sheer determination--has
targeted Krubera, a freezing nightmare of a supercave in the Republic of
Georgia, where underground dangers are compounded by the horrors of separatist
war in this former Soviet republic.
Blind Descent explores both the brightest and darkest aspects
of the timeless human urge to discover--to be first. It is
also a thrilling epic about a pursuit that makes even extreme mountaineering
and ocean exploration pale by comparison. These supercavers spent months
in multiple camps almost two vertical miles deep and many more miles from
their caves' exits. They had to contend with thousand-foot drops, deadly
flooded tunnels, raging whitewater rivers, monstrous waterfalls, mile-long
belly crawls, and much more. Perhaps even worse were the psychological
horrors produced by weeks plunged into absolute, perpetual darkness, beyond
all hope of rescue, including a particularly insidious derangement called
The Rapture.
James M. Tabor was granted unprecedented access to logs, journals,
photographs, and video footage of these expeditions, as well as many hours
of personal interviews with surviving participants. Blind Descent is an
unforgettable addition to the classic literature of discovery and adventure.
It is also a testament to human survival and endurance--and to two extraordinary
men whose relentless pursuit of greatness led them to heights of triumph
and depths of tragedy neither could have imagined.
Includes a 16-pg full-color insert
Amazon Best Books of the Month, June 2010: Set in impenetrable
darkness, James M. Tabor's Blind Descent is as awe-inspiring as
any adventure story above ground. Tabor's claustrophobic and pulse-pounding
narrative follows two of the world's premier cavers--American Bill Stone
and Ukrainian Alexander Klimchouk--as they race to explore Earth's deepest
caves, swimming through steering wheel-sized tunnels and scaling rock walls
slick with spring runoff. Caving is dirty and dangerous work, and Tabor
pulls no punches in describing the many terrifying hazards that cavers
face underground, including falling rocks, hypothermia, starvation, nitrogen
narcosis, hallucinations, hypoxia, and deadly anxiety attacks. He captures
the eerie mixture of excitement and horror that accompanies life in extreme
environments, while shedding light on the ineffable and complex moral code
that governs men and women in places where survival is hoped for, but never
guaranteed. Blind Descent is a captivating summer read for adventure
seekers and armchair adrenaline junkies alike. --Lynette Mong
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Caving
Basics 3ED
by Jerry Hassemer
Paperback from National Speleological Society
ISBN: 1879961008
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Opening
Goliath: Danger and Discovery in Caving
by Cary J. Griffith
Hardcover from Borealis Books
ISBN: 0873516494
Narrow passages, twisting upward
or dropping precipitously. Huge vaults filled with fantastic shapes. Tunnels
twined in tangled mazes. Over centuries, underground rivers can carve holes
and rooms in solid rock; drips of water build walls of stone. Natural caves
shape another world beneath our feet. Dangerous and beautiful, these places
remain unknown--until someone decides to investigate.
In 2004, businessman and caver John Ackerman drilled an entryway into
Goliath Cave, a huge and unexplored complex in the karst region of southeastern
Minnesota. Squeezing through tiny openings, scuba diving through silt-filled
waters, scaling walls, and traversing crevasses, he and his fellow cavers
painstakingly mapped ever-further reaches of the complex in an exploration
that continues to this day.
But man-made caves that do not breathe can be even more dangerous than
their natural cousins. In St. Paul, also in 2004, five teenagers entered
an area where intermittent fires robbed the air of oxygen. Only two emerged
alive.
Cary Griffith, author of the acclaimed Lost in the Wild, intertwines
these two incidents, showing the dangers experienced by both groups--one
highly prepared and experienced and the other tragically ill equipped.
With equal parts of suspense and caution, Opening Goliath never
leaves readers alone in the dark.
Cary J. Griffith, who specializes in writing about the outdoors,
is the author of Lost in the Wild: Danger and Survival in the North
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On
Rope: North American Vertical Rope Techniques for Caving ... Rappellers
by Bruce Smith, Allen Padgett
Hardcover from Natl Speleological Society
ISBN: 1879961059
ON ROPE - 2ND EDITION HB
In the decade since its original publication, On Rope has gained worldwide
recognition as the most authoritative book on single rope techniques (SRT).
Like its predecessor, this new edition is a practical approach to North
American vertical ropework. It contains 384 pages with over 700 detailed
drawings. This new edition has been extensively revised and expanded to
include detailed descriptions of other ropes users including: arborists,
river rescue, window cleaners, and circus riggers among others. Coverage
of European SRT rigging techniques and climbing systems has also been greatly
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Great
Caves of the World
by Tony Waltham
Hardcover from Firefly Books
ISBN: 1554074134
A stunning visual tour of the world's most spectacular caves and
cave systems.
Caves are found on every continent. The United States is home to the
world's longest cave system, the Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, and to the world's
most popular tourist cave, New Mexico's Carlsbad Caverns. Great Caves
of the World takes readers to these and 25 other astonishing and challenging
caves across the globe.
Each entry includes lavish photographs and authoritative text describing
the cave, its inhabitants, its environment, how and when it was discovered,
access sites, and travel tips on how to get there.
In addition to Carlsbad and Mammoth, featured caves include:
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Sterkfontein Cave in South Africa, the site of four-million-year-old hominid
remains
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New Zealand's Waitomo Cave, dazzlingly illuminated by glow-worms
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The underground waterfalls of Gruta do Janelão, Brazil
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Looming glaciers of ice in Austria's limestone caves
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The cool Nullarbar Caves under the Australian desert
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Ethiopia's underground maze, the Sof Omar Cave
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The Caves of Mulu in Sarawak (Borneo), the world's largest
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Castleguard Cave in the Canadian Rockies.
Geologists, expert cavers, spelunkers, climbers, adventure travelers, natural
history enthusiasts and general readers will find this book fascinating.
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Beyond
the Deep: The Deadly Descent into the World's Most Treacherous Cave
by William Stone, Barbara am Ende, Monte Paulsen
Hardcover from Grand Central Publishing
ISBN: 0446527092
The Huautla in Mexico is the deepest cave in the Western Hemisphere,
possibly the world. Shafts reach skyscraper-depths, caverns are stadium-sized,
and sudden floods can drown divers in an instant. With a two-decade obsession,
William Stone and his 44-member team entered the sinkhole at Sotano de
San Augustin. The first camp settled 2,328 feet below ground in a cavern
where headlamps couldn't even illuminate the walls and ceiling. The second
camp teetered precariously above an underground canyon where two subterranean
rivers collided. But beyond that lay the unknown territory -- a flooded
corridor that had blocked all previous comers, claimed a diver's life,
and drove the rest of the team back. Except for William Stone and Barbara
am Ende, who forged on for 18 more days, with no hope of rescue, to set
the record for the deepest cave dive in the Western Hemisphere. |
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Wookey
Hole
by Peter Mark May
Kindle Edition from Ghostwriter Publications
Media Published: 2010-
Another eChap from Ghostwriter Publications.
1932, Somerset, UK - An international diving team, equipped with the
most modern apparatus of the time, explore the uncharted reaches of the
Wookey Hole cave network.
What they discover, is the answer to the question...'Are we the first?'...but
then they have to make sure they get the answer they're hoping for.
Another eChap from Ghostwriter Publications.
1932, Somerset, UK - An international diving team, equipped with the
most modern apparatus of the time, explore the uncharted reaches of the
Wookey Hole cave network.
What they discover, is the answer to the question...'Are we the first?'...but
then they have to make sure they get the answer they're hoping for. |
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Adaptation
and Natural Selection in Caves: The Evolution of Gammarus Minus
by David C. Culver
Research into the genetics, ecology, morphology and systematics of
a cave-dwelling crustacean. Db.
Hardcover: 235 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.06 x
9.57 x 6.41
Publisher: Harvard Univ Pr; (March )
ISBN: 0674004256
Adventures
Underground: Volcanoes, Earthquakes, Mines, Quarries, Caves and Peat Beds
by David Falkayn
Ancient
Caves Of The Great Salt Lake
by Julian H. Steward
Library Binding: 131 pages
Reprint Services Corp; ISBN: 0781241162; (January 1937)
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The
Art of Caving
by Linda Heslop
Paperback
Cave Books; ISBN: 0939748444;
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At
the Edge of the World: Caves and Late Classic Maya World View
by Karen Bassie-Sweet
Hardcover: 245 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 1.00 x
10.32 x 7.30
Univ of Oklahoma Pr (Txt); ISBN: 0806128291; (April )
Atlas
of the Great Caves of the World
by Paul Courbon
Paperback: 368 pages
Cave Books; ISBN: 0939748215; (June 1989)
Special Order
Awesome
Caverns of Marble in the Oregon Caves National Monument: Documentary
by Bert Webber
Webb Research Group Publishers; ISBN: 0936738944;
Basic
Cave Diving: A Blueprint for Survival
by S. Exley
Basic
Underwater Cave Surveying
by J. Burge
Beneath
the Earth: The Facts and The Fables
by Finn Bevan
Beyond
Mammoth Cave: A Tale of Obsession in the World's Longest Cave
by James D. Borden
Beyond
the Deep: The Deadly Descent Into the World's Most Treacherous Cave
by Barbara William/Ende Stone
Book Description: The Huautla in Mexico is the deepest cave
in the Western Hemisphere, possibly the world. Shafts reach skyscraper-depths,
caverns are stadium-sized, and sudden floods can drown divers in an instant.
With a two-decade obsession, William Stone and his 44-member team entered
the sinkhole at Sotano de San Augustin. The first camp settled 2,328 feet
below ground in a cavern where headlamps couldn't even illuminate the walls
and ceiling. The second camp teeter-ed precariously above an underground
canyon where two subterranean rivers collided. But beyond that lay the
unknown territory-a flooded corridor that had blocked all previous comers,
claimed a diver's life, and drove the rest of the team back. Except for
William Stone and Barbara am Ende, who forged on for 18 more days, with
no hope of rescue, to set the record for the deepest cave dive in the Western
Hemisphere.
Hardcover from Warner Books
Carlsbad
Caves and a Camera
by Robert Nymeyer
Cave
by Diane Siebert
Cave
(One Small Square)
by Donald M. Silver
Cave
Animals (Animals in Their Habitats)
by Francine Galko
The
Cave Divers
by Robert F. Burgess
The
Cave Fauna of North America: Remarks on the Anatomy of the Brain and Origin
of the Blind Species
by Alpheus S. Packard
Cave
Minerals of the World
by Carol Hill
Hardcover: 463 pages
National Speleological Society; ISBN: 1879961075; 2nd
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Caverns
Measureless to Man
by Sheck Exley
Book Description:
Caverns Measureless to Man is the story of the passion of an extraordinary
individual who spent his life exploring underwater caves. For nearly 30
years Sheck Exley was the leader. He set records, he developed the techniques,
and he maintained the highest standards of excellence. Sheck lived a life
of adventure, danger, and excitement of a degree that few people can ever
dream of, or, if they do, those dreams are nightmares. If you participate
on the highest level, you know that some of your best friends are going
to die. If you continue to push yourself and your equipment to the limits--if
you persist in being a world class diver as Sheck was--the chances are
very high that you, too, will die.
This book may terrify you, but it will unquestionably fascinate you,
and in the end, Sheck Exley will convince you that his death came to him
in the midst of the incredibly intense joy he took in diving into the depths
of the earth.
Paperback: 176 pages
Cave Books; ISBN: 0939748258; (March )
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by Stephen Kramer
Caves
(Geography Starts) [library binding]
by Claire Llewellyn
Caves
(Geography Starts)
(Paperback)
by Claire Llewellyn
Caves
(The Wonders of Our World)
by Neil Morris
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Paperback: 32 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.19 x
9.84 x 7.84
Crabtree Pub; ISBN: 0865058423;
Caves
(World's Top Ten)
by Neil Morris
Caves
and Caverns [library binding]
by Gail Gibbons
Caves
and Caverns
(Paperback)
by Gail Gibbons
Reading level: Ages 9-12
Caves
Beyond: The Story of Floyd Collins' Crystal Cave Exploration
by Joe Lawrence
Book Description: In February, 1954, under the direction of
Joe Lawrence, Jr., the National Speleological Society sent the largest,
most highly organized, and best-equipped expedition in the history of American
cave exploration into Floyd Collins' Crystal Cave, Kentucky. The Caves
Beyond is the official account of that expedition and a classic American
caving story. There is no other caving book like it.
First published in 1955 in an edition of 10,000 copies, the book was
out of print soon afterwards. Good copies of the rare first edition are
a sought after prize to book collectors. This quality reprint reproduces
every word and picture of the original edition. Brucker's new introduction
to the long-awaited reprint edition reveals a number of "untold stories"
about the expedition, including stories of the politics behind the C-3
expedition and of how the book came to be written in an attic in Brooklyn
in two weeks' time. There is also a detailed index, which the first edition
lacked.
Paperback: ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.50 x 9.25 x 6.00
Publisher: Cave Books; (August 1975)
ISBN: 0914264184
Caves,
Cliffs and Canyons (Discovery Travel Adventures)
by Robert Burnham
Caves:
Exploring Hidden Realms
by Michael Ray Taylor
If you were to travel to the Amazon, say, or the source of the Nile,
you would likely find the people there wearing corporate logo-branded T-shirts
and listening to the latest pop hits on the radio. Using a GPS device or
satellite photos, you can track your location just about anywhere on the
face of the planet. Given globalism and the ease of travel to once-remote
places, where is a would-be flag-planting adventurer to go these days?
The answer, writes Michael Ray Taylor in this intriguing book, is inward:
inside the earth by way of the millions of caves that pierce its surface.
Following an international team of fellow cavers--men and women in peak
physical form and apparently without fear--his narrative takes us deep
within the ice caves of Greenland; a vast underground labyrinth of rivers
and chambers in Mexico's Yucatan; a cave on a cliff wall overlooking the
Colorado River near the Grand Canyon, one that no human had ever before
entered; and other great caverns of North America. High-quality (and sometimes
astounding) full-color images accompany the text, offering views that usher
us into a world of blind snakes, bats, strange geological formations, and
uncanny sights that few surface-dwellers have been privileged to see.
Caving is not merely adventure for its own sake, Taylor notes. "Over
the past decade," he observes, "scientists have been surprised to learn
that in the deepest recesses of the Earth are repositories of exotic microbes
... far more varied in types of species and their individual strategies
for survival than all the plants of an equatorial rain forest." Some of
these microbes, he suggests, may deliver chemicals for fighting disease;
they also deliver important evidence about the history of life on the planet.
But, all that said, caving offers plenty of thrills, and Taylor's book
does a superb job of capturing both the science and the adventure of a
journey to the center of the earth. --Gregory McNamee - Amazon.com |
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Caves
for Kids: In Historic New York
by Patricia Edwards Clyne
Caves, Graves and Catacombs: Secrets from Beneath the Earth
by Natalie Jane Prior
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Hidden World (First Discovery Book)
by Claude Delafosse
Caves:
Mysteries Beneath Our Feet
by David L. Harrison
Caves
of the Upper Gila and Hueco Areas in New Mexico and Texas
by Carnelius B. Cosgrove
Caves:
Processes, Development and Management
(Hardcover)
by David Gillieson
Caves:
Processes, Development and Management
(Paperback)
by David Gillieson
Caving
by Steven Boga
Caving
by P. K. Swart
Caving
by Red Watson
Caving
Adventures (Dangerous Adventures)
by Anne M. Todd
Caving
Basics
by Tom Rea
Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: National Speleological Society; (May 1992)
ISBN: 0961509317
Caving:
Exploring Limestone Caves
by Larry Dane Brimner
Classic
Caves of the Peak District
by Ian Barker
Colorado
Caves: Hidden Worlds Beneath the Peaks
by Richard J. Rhinehart
Cumberland
Caverns
by Larry E. Matthews
Dark
Life: Martian Nanobacteria, Rock-Eating Cave Bugs, and Other Extreme Organisms
of Inner Earth and Outer Space
by Michael Ray Taylor
Deep
Into Blue Holes
by Rob Palmer
Dive:
Your Guide to Snorkeling, Scuba, Night-Diving, Freediving, Exploring Shipwrecks,
Caves, and More
by Darice Bailer
Explore
in a Cave
by Dana Meachen Rau
Exploring
Caves: Journeys into the Earth
by Nancy Holler Aulenbach
Exploring
Underground Habitats (Mondo's Exploring Series)
by Margaret Yatsevitch Phinney
Geomorphology
and Hydrology of Karst Terrains
by William B. White
Going
Underground: Your Guide to Caves in the Mid-Atlantic
by Sharon Hernes Silverman
Covers many of the more popular limestone caves in Pennsylvania, Virginia,
New York, and West Virginia.
Paperback: 119 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.39 x
8.39 x 5.39
Camino Books; ISBN: 0940159120; (March )
A
Guide to Speleological Literature of the English Language 1794-1996
by Diana E. Northup
Hardcover: 539 pages
Cave Books; ISBN: 0939748525;
Guidelines
for Cave and Karst Protection
by John Watson
Hiking
Carlsbad Caverns and Guadalupe Mountains National Parks
by Bill Schneider
Images
Below: A Manual of Underground and Flash Photography
by Chris Howes
Jamaica
Underground: The Caves, Sinkholes and Underground Rivers of the Island
by Alan G. Fincham
(hardcover)
Jamaica
Underground: The Caves, Sinkholes and Underground Rivers of the Island
by Alan G. Fincham
(paperback)
Jewel
Cave: The Story Behind the Scenery
by Karen S. Rosga
Karst
and Caves of Great Britain
by Tony Waltham
Karst
Hydrology: Concepts from the Mammoth Cave Area
by William B. White
Let's
Take a Field Trip to a Cave
by Kathy Furgang
Life
in a Cave
by Clare Oliver
Life
in a Cave (Microhabitats)
by Clare Oliver
Limestone
Caves (First Book)
by Roy A. Gallant
The
Longest Cave
by Richard A. Watson
Memoirs
of a Speleologist: The Adventurous Life of a Famous French Cave Explorer
(hardcover)
by Robert De Joly
Memoirs
of a Speleologist: The Adventurous Life of a Famous French Cave Explorer
(paperback)
by Robert De Joly
Of
Caves and Caving: A Way and a Life
by John E. Gillett
On
Station
by George R. Dasher
Rappelling
by Tom Martin
Hardcover: 304 pages
Search; ISBN: 0930871030; 2nd Rev edition (April )
The
Remarkable Howe Caverns Story
by Dana D. Cudmore
Scary
Stories of Mammoth Cave
by Colleen O'Connor Olson
The
6th International Symposium on Vulcanospeleology
Snow
Caves for Fun and Survival
by Ernest Wilkinson
Speleogenesis,
Evolution of Karst Aquifers
by Alexander B. Klimchouk
Speleology
by Cave Books
Spelology
: Caves and the Cave Environment
by Nicholas Sullivan, George W. Moore
Book Description: This newly-revised edition of a classic introduction
to speleology covers the latest discoveries about the mysterious world
of caves. Drs. Moore and Sullivan are among the founders of modern cave
research. They present here the principles of speleology in language that
anyone can understand. The authors show how cave processes involve biological
as well as geological, chemical, and physical processes, and they examine
such topics as the origin of caves, the structure of cave food chains,
and the evolution of blind cave animals. The book was a selection of the
Science Book Club and is widely used as a textbook in high schools and
colleges.
Paperback from National Speleological Society
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Speleology:
Caves & the Cave Environment
by Nicholas Sullivan, George William Moore
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Tales
from the Underground: A Natural History of Subterranean Life
by David W. Wolfe
Texas
Caves
by Blair Pittman
"Texas has about three thousand known, explored caves, ranging in size
from small crawlways to huge caverns. Most of these caves, however, are
generally restricted to exploration by trained, experienced cavers, geologists,
and biologists."--BOOK JACKET.
Hardcover: 144 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.71 x
11.33 x 8.80
Publisher: Texas A&M University Press; (September
)
ISBN: 0890968497
Trapped!
The Story of Floyd Collins
by Robert K. Murray
Under
Grotto Mountain: Rat's Nest Cave
by Charles Yonge
Vercors
Caves: Classic French Caving
by Des Marshall
Walking
in Jordan: Walks, Treks, Caves, Climbs, and Canyons
by Di Taylor
What
Are Caves (Earth Features)
by Mari C. Schuh
The
Wilderness Underground: Caves of the Ozark Plateau
by H. Dwight Weaver
Wisconsin
Underground: A Guide to Caves, Mines, and Tunnels In and Around the Badger
State
by Doris Green
Book Description Hundreds of books have been written about the
beauty of aboveground Wisconsin, yet few have revealed much about the natural
wonders of the state's underground attractions. This book is a guide for
modern-day adventurers who want to know more about what lies beneath the
surface. Doris Green has provided a wonderful treasure map to nearly 50
of the state's caves, mines, tunnels, and underground oddities, as well
as 7 sites in nearby states.
Paperback: 160 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.48 x
9.00 x 6.09
Publisher: Trails Books; (September 1, )
ISBN: 0915024853
The
World of Caves, Mines and Tunnels
by Stephen Hoare
Reading level: Ages 4-8
Tales of Dirt, Danger, and Darkness
by Paul Jay Steward
ISBN: 0966354702
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