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Mammoth Cave curiosities : a guide to rockphobia, dating, saber-toothed cats, and other subterranean marvels
- Title
- Mammoth Cave curiosities : a guide to rockphobia, dating, saber-toothed cats, and other subterranean marvels / Colleen O'Connor Olson.
- Author
- Olson, Colleen O'Connor, 1966-
- Publication
- Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2017]
- ©2017
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Details
- Description
- 250 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- 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.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Anecdotes.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFD 17-2292
- ISBN
- 9780813169255
- 0813169259
- LCCN
- 2016046791
- OCLC
- 959035669
- Author
- Olson, Colleen O'Connor, 1966- author.
- Title
- Mammoth Cave curiosities : a guide to rockphobia, dating, saber-toothed cats, and other subterranean marvels / Colleen O'Connor Olson.
- Publisher
- Lexington, Kentucky : University Press of Kentucky, [2017]
- Copyright Date
- ©2017
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 17-2292