Rare 1940 Book, Jim White, Discovering Carlsbad Caverns, Bats, Caves, Spelunking

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Rare 1940 Book, Jim White, Discovering Carlsbad Caverns, Bats, Caves, Spelunking. You won't be able to put this book down until you've read every page. Excerpts: "...millions of black little mammals whirling their way upward in a funnel-shaped cloud that grew and grew...I thought it was a volcano"; "...without giving thought to any possible unfortunate circumstance I found myself climbing down into the hole..."; "The oil in my lantern had given out, and the flame curled up and died....The darkness was so dense it seemed smothering-choking me."; "All the time I was hearing the strangest noises!"; "Suddenly I was seized with a mad desire to run..."; "...I stayed in the cave for three days-exploring."; "Through the gloom I saw staring back at me the skull of a man...there was his whole skeleton intact!...I was amazed by the magnitude of it. Evidently the man had been about twice as large as the biggest man I had ever seen!".
An exciting and fascinating first hand account of the man that discovered Carlsbad Caverns and what he went through for years to get people and eventually the government to understand what he had found. The book is in poor condition, cover is separated from the rest of the book and some pages are loose, but all the pages are there and you won't put it down until you've finished reading it. (N584)