Endless Caverns : An Underground Journey into the Show Caves of Appalachia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Reichert Powell, Douglas.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Caves--Appalachian Region.

Caves.

Ecotourism--Appalachian Region--History.

Ecotourism.

Appalachian Region--Description and travel.

Appalachian Region.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (252 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Endless caverns

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 2018.

Summary:

For generations, enterprising people in the southern Appalachians have turned the region's extensive network of caves into a strange, fascinating genre of tourist attraction.Visitors pay admission to take a tour deep underground, learning a little about history and geology while puzzling over lit-up rock formations said to resemble anything from.

Contents:

An expedition into the known

In the intro room: a field guide to the Appalachian show cave

What became of grottoes: the stories of Grand Caverns

The hall of illusion: imagining Appalachian caves

Constant revision at the Cumberland Gap: the stories of Gap Cave

Total darkness demonstration: sympathy for the devil

The legacy of Gene Monday: the stories of Cherokee Caverns and Indian Cave

Adventures in cave development: talking shop at the National Cave Association

Natural wonders, inc.: the stories of Endless Caverns

Last one out, turn off the lights: the show cave's afterlife

Valley of the badasses.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

979-88-908854-1-8

1-4696-3864-9

OCLC:

1100917222