Bibliograph

Mammoth Cave Curiosities, A Guide to Rockphobia, Dating, Saber-toothed Cats, and Other Subterranean Marvels, Colleen O'Connor Olson

Type

Label

Mammoth Cave Curiosities, A Guide to Rockphobia, Dating, Saber-toothed Cats, and Other Subterranean Marvels, Colleen O'Connor Olson

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Mammoth Cave Curiosities

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

959035669

Responsibility statement

Colleen O'Connor Olson

Sub title

A Guide to Rockphobia, Dating, Saber-toothed Cats, and Other Subterranean Marvels

Summary

Would Mammoth Cave make a good nuclear fallout shelter? Was a mummy really found in the cave? Olson takes readers on a tour, provides essential information on the cave and it's history, and shares trivia and jokes about one of the world's greatest natural wonders

Table Of Contents

The Mammoth Cave dating guide (not how to get a date with a Mammoth Cave guide) -- Rockphobia: rockfall, earthquakes, and caves -- Bones: what's left of exciting but dead animals in Mammoth Cave -- Secret lives of cave critters revealed! -- The gypsum twinkie connection: and other uses of cave minerals -- Prairie park companion: Mammoth Cave National Park's prairie restoration -- Prehistoric cavers -- Saltpeter: an explosive subject -- The cave cure: old and new ideas on the healing powers of caves -- Exploring the world's longest cave -- The cave wars -- Want a 2:00 a.m. cave tour? Come to great onyx! -- Cave Guide Coy Hanson: electric lights, the Mammoth Cave Railroad, and other stuff -- Lost John: the discovery of a mummy -- CCC Boy Fred k. Hanie Jr -- Ronald Reagan's visit to Mammoth Cave -- Rachel Wilson, a woman in the underground world of men -- Nuclear-fallout shelters in Mammoth Cave -- The literary mammoth -- Celebrities underground -- Colossal cave adventure: cave meets computer -- Cave jokes: the lowest form of humor

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