Hidden Nature - Wild Southern Caves (Paperback)

More than 10,000 known caves lie beneath the state of Tennessee according to the Tennessee Cave Survey, a nonprofit organization that catalogs and maps them. In Hidden Nature: Wild Southern Caves, Taylor tells the story of this vast underground wilderness. Besides describing the sheer physical majesty of the region's wild caverns and the concurrent joys and dangers of exploring them, he examines their rich natural history and scientific import, their relationship to clean water and a healthy surface environment, and their uncertain future. As a long-time caver and the author of three popular books related to caving - Cave Passages (1996), Dark Life (1998), and Caves (2000) - Taylor enjoys (for a journalist) unusual access to their secretive world. He is personally acquainted with many of the region's most accomplished cave explorers and scientists, and they in turn are familiar with his popular writing on caves in books; in magazines such as Audubon, Outside, and Sports Illustrated; and on websites such as those of the Discovery Channel and the PBS science series Nova. Hidden Nature: Wild Southern Caves is structured as a comprehensive work of well-researched fact that reads like a personal narrative of the author's long attraction to these caves and the people who dare enter their hidden chambers.

General

Imprint:	Vanderbilt University Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2020
Authors:	Michael Ray Taylor
Dimensions:	229 x 152mm (L x W)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	340
ISBN-13:	978-0-8265-0102-8
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Biography & autobiography > General Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > General Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > Local history Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Active outdoor pursuits > Caving & potholing Books > Sport & Leisure > Travel & holiday > Travel & holiday guides > General Books > History > History of specific subjects > Local history Books > Biography > General Books > Travel > Travel & holiday guides > General
LSN:	0-8265-0102-8
Barcode:	9780826501028

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