CARLSBAD CAVERNS: silent chambers, timeless beauty. by John Barnett.
Cave formation, exploration,
natural features of national park in New Mexico. Explains the geologic origin of this underground cave adorned with formations formed by mineral-laden dripping water in a massive cavern originally hollowed out of limestone rock. Tells of cave discovery and history of exploration and development including mining of guano deposited by the cave's extensive bat population. How the formations form, character of the various kinds. Tells what a cave tour is like and also of the natural landscape and its plants and animals above the cave. Diagram gives profile map of cave passages, entry, and rooms. Color photos, 36 large-format pages.
Check stock. ISBN: None. 1981. Order #: CACA1888 paper$5.95.
CARLSBAD CAVERNS NATIONAL PARK. by Ruth Radlauer.
Children's guide to underground area of bats and dripstone formations, and to desert above. How the cave and its stalagmites and other rock sculptures were made and are being made. Cacti, wildflowers, and animals of the area. For younger readers. Color photos, 48 pages.
Inventory = 4 ISBN: 0-516-47742-0. Order #: CHIL2065 paper$4.95.
#CAVES AND CAVING: a handbook and guide to American caves--from simply enjoying them to professional spelunking. by Jacobson & stral.
Tells how caves are formed and how to explore them plus guide to caving groups to join. Photos, 159 pages.
ISBN: 0-937360-08-2. Order #: HAHO2746 paper$10.00.
#MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK--paper. by Ruth Radlauer.
Children's book explores underground world of cavern formations, cave tours and explorers, rivers, animals; plants and animals of forests above. Color photos, 48 pages.
ISBN: 0-516-47496-0. Order #: CHIL4000 paper$4.95. check ISBN
MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK--cloth. by Ruth Radlauer.
Children's book explores underground world of cavern formations, cave tours and explorers, rivers, animals; plants and animals of forests above. Color photos, 48 pages.
ISBN: 0-516-17496-7. 1978. Order #: CHIL1032 cloth$8.95. check ISBN
MAMMOTH CAVE: the story behind the scenery. Lyons.
Welcome to the two worlds of Mammoth Cave National Park. In the worlds of
light, see the wildlife of the landscape. Within the cave, encounter
creatures with special adaptation to the dark.
9x12, 48 pages, 72 color photos & 2 maps.
Inventory= 1. ISBN: 0-88714-003-3. 1993. Third printing. Order# : KCPU4791 paper$8.95.
THE STORY OF
MAMMOTH CAVE NATIONAL PARK: a brief history. by Margaret M. Bridwell.
From early discovery in 1816, this cave in Kentucky has attracted not only sightseers but commercial enterprises. Explains the cave origin, its prehistoric and aboriginal history, early guides and discoverers of new passages and new entrances, mining operations for saltpeter and nitrate, early visitors and artistic performances inside the cave, stagecoach and railroad travel, creation of the national park to manage the cave, development of cave interpretation, museum, and visitor center. Photos, 64 pages.
Check stock.ISBN: None. 1971. Order #: MACA0812 paper$4.95.
TEXAS SHOW CAVES. by Jerry and Dorothy Sinise.
Descriptions of 7 underground chambers in Texas--pristine beauty
in waterfalls, rivers, lakes, formations. Includes Natural Bridge Caverns, Inner Space, Longhorn, Cascade, Cave Without a Name, Wonder, Caverns of Sonora. Glossary of cave formations, photos, 120 pages.
ISBN: 0-89015-377-9. 1983. Order #: EAKI4982 paper$5.95.
TIMPANOGOS CAVE: window into the Earth. by Stephen Trimble.
Utah national monument--natural and human
history of this cave in the Wasatch Mountains. Begins with geologic setting in Mount Timpanogos, explores the cave itself, its dripstone formations and how they were formed and their various minerals, cave life living without light, how the cave was discovered and developed for use, plus life in the adjacent canyons and valleys and the regional story. 28 color photos, 48 pages, map.
ISBN: 0-911408-64-9. 1983. Order #: SOPM1323 paper$6.95.
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