Rambles in the Mammoth Cave, During the year 1844 by a visitor. (Dr John Croghan) Very rare Mammoth title, New spine, very tight and clean, fold out map in good conditon, Prints clean and sharp, little to no foxing. A really wonderful copy.
A FalconGuide® to Mammoth Cave National Park covers in detail all of the aboveground and belowground activities in this 50,000-acre national park, including hiking, biking, scenic driving, camping, paddling, fishing, and of course, caving.
Celebrated American Caverns, especially Mammoth, Wyandot, and Luray Together with Historical, Scientific, and Descriptive Notices of Caves and Grottoes in Other Lands Hovey, Horace Carter Published by Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1970
"The only booklet written about your park, and possibly any National Park or Monument for the bible interpretation". By Myrtle Shahan. Autographed. Water stained.
Rambles in the Mammoth Cave, During the Year 1844, 1845, cloth binding in poor shape, spine taped. Map missing, (we do have a facsimile map available printed on contemporary paper.)
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, 1855, includes December 1854 visit to Weyer's Cave and February with Virginia Illustrated visit to the Chimneys. Leather and marble paper binding, VG.
Sucker's Visit to the Mammoth Cave, by R.S. Thompson, 1879, Green cloth binding, Some water damage to binding top and bottom, internal very good, 128pp.
Riverby by John Burroughs, 1894 Includes 11 page visit to Mammoth Cave. Good victorian illustrated binding.Generally very good with a few chips on the top and bottom of the spine.Internally excellent.
H. Hovey, 228pp, first ed, 1882, some water stains at top of pages, back fly leaf cracked, fold out map has some damage, binding is rubbed. One map has piece missing. One map missing a piece. Brown binding.
Stan D. Sides. 2007. 22 pp. 61⁄2 x 10.pb The story of a historic show cave adjacent to Mammoth Cave National Park. The cave's profuse glistening formations distinguished it from the lengthy dry passages of Mammoth Cave, leading to its popularity as a visitor attraction for nearly 150 years. The geologic story of Diamond Caverns is identical to that of Mammoth Cave. The sandstone layer capping the Mammoth Cave plateau restricts water flow into the underlying passages. This caprock has eroded away at Diamond Caverns, resulting in deposition of extensive formations in Diamond Caverns. This book, loaded with dozens of beautiful color photographs, outlines the rich history of this remarkable show cave, introduces the geology of the immediate area of the cave, and invites the reader to savor another aspect of the beauty and uniqueness of the Mammoth Cave region. Today, historic Diamond Caverns is the second oldest show cave in the Central Kentucky region, and forth oldest operation commercial cave in the United States. It is located within the Mammoth Cave National Park International Biosphere Reserve.
World-famous since the mid-1800s, Howe’s Cave had been modernized for visitors in 1927-29 with an elevator entrance, clean paths, and electric lights. A grand reopening on Decoration Day, 1929 made Howe Caverns, Inc. one of upstate New York’s most popular tourist destinations.
Less than a year later, two of the new corporation’s employees died in the cave under baffling circumstances in the early morning hours of April 24, 1930. They collapsed near the postcard-worthy formation the Bell of Moscow.
At 5 a.m. that same morning, 7½ tons of dynamite knocked 60,000 tons of limestone from the hillside at the old cement quarry, just southeast of the cave. Had fumes from the blast found their way through the maze of caverns’ passages and killed the men more than a half-mile away? Or had it loosened dangerous gases lurking in the cave for eons?
This is the untold story of that tragedy: the rescue attempts, the investigation and coroner’s report, and finally, the legal recourse sought by the widows of the two men. Much of the story is told in vivid, first-hand accounts taken from court records of one of the cases. The testimony—by rescuers, cave experts, quarrymen, explosives engineers, doctors, and chemists under the dueling questioning of the widow’s attorney and his adversary —unravels the mystery of who was responsible and illuminates unfamiliar avenues of the dark, remarkable cave. How will the jury decide?
The Cave Electrician’s Widow:The Tragedy at Howe Caverns & Courtroom Battle for Justiceis part David vs. Goliath; part mystery, part courtroom drama, part travelogue through the fascinating underground realm of the caverns, and much more.
Includes more than 20 photos and maps to recreate for readers the entire tableau of the 1930 tragedy – both above and below ground.
Price: $28.00
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