Book Description
A roadside travel guide to and history of Pennsylvania's nine commercial caves and a wealth of other geographical sites within the state. Features Last River Caverns, Crystal Cave, Indian Echo Caverns, Woodward Cave, Penn's Cave, Indian Caverns, Lincoln Caverns, Coral Caverns, and Laurel Caverns and includes ice mines, coal mines, boulder fields, and rock cities as well as legends and local lore of many features and sites.
About the Author
Kevin Patrick is a cartographer and professor of geography at Indiana University. He is co-author of Diners of Pennsylvania (0811728781).
Pennsylvania Caves and Other Rocky Roadside Wonders FROM OUR EDITORS
Crystal Cave, Indian Echo Caverns, Woodward Cave, Last River Caverns, Penn's Cave, Laurel Caverns: Pennsylvania contains numerous caves, nine of which are commercial sites. Kevin Patrick's Pennsylvania Caves & Other Rocky Roadside Wonders provides an entertaining introduction to the history, legends, and folklore related to these sites. This handy roadside guide also covers the state's ice mines, coal mines, boulder fields, and rock cities.
FROM THE PUBLISHER
Explore all nine of Pennsylvania's operating show caves and seven more from yesteryear. Here you'll learn how natural processes created the state's spectacular subterranean world and how humans came to interpret caves as tourist attractions. This rocky road trip also includes many other geologic wonders, such as coal mines, boulder fields, rock cities, ice mines, and profile rocks. Loaded with maps and vintage illustrations.
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