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Missouri Caves in History and Legend (MISSOURI HERITAGE READERS)
H.Dwight Weaver
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Description for Missouri Caves in History and Legend (MISSOURI HERITAGE READERS)
Paperback. Missouri has been likened to a "cave factory" because its limestone bedrock can be slowly dissolved by groundwater to form caverns, and the state boasts more than six thousand caves in an unbelievable variety of sizes, lengths, and shapes. This work records a cultural heritage stretching from the end of the ice age to the twenty-first century. Series: Missouri Heritage Readers Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, 34 illustrations, bibliography, index, map, table. BIC Classification: 1KBBNU; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Missouri has been likened to a ""cave factory"" because its limestone bedrock can be slowly dissolved by groundwater to form caverns, and the state boasts more than six thousand caves in an unbelievable variety of sizes, lengths, and shapes. Dwight Weaver has been fascinated by Missouri's caves since boyhood and now distills a lifetime of exploration and research in a book that will equally fascinate readers of all ages.""Missouri Caves in History and Legend"" records a cultural heritage stretching from the end of the ice age to the twenty-first century. In a grand tour of the state's darkest places, Weaver ... Read more
Missouri has been likened to a ""cave factory"" because its limestone bedrock can be slowly dissolved by groundwater to form caverns, and the state boasts more than six thousand caves in an unbelievable variety of sizes, lengths, and shapes. Dwight Weaver has been fascinated by Missouri's caves since boyhood and now distills a lifetime of exploration and research in a book that will equally fascinate readers of all ages.""Missouri Caves in History and Legend"" records a cultural heritage stretching from the end of the ice age to the twenty-first century. In a grand tour of the state's darkest places, Weaver ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Missouri
Condition
New
Series
Missouri Heritage Readers Series
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Missouri, United States
ISBN
9780826217783
SKU
V9780826217783
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About H.Dwight Weaver
Former show cave operator H. Dwight Weaver is the author of nine books, including Wilderness Underground: Caves of the Ozark Plateau, also published by the University of Missouri Press, and most recently History and Geography of Lake of the Ozarks. He lives near Eldon, Missouri.
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