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Author Weaver, H. Dwight.

Title Missouri caves in history and legend / H. Dwight Weaver.

Publication Info. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2008]
©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 157 pages) : illustrations, map.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Missouri heritage readers
Missouri heritage readers.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 143-145) and index.
Contents 1. Ice Age Bones -- 2. Prehistoric Times -- 3. Spooky Burials -- 4. Saltpeter and Gunpowder -- 5. Bear Hunting -- 6. Farm and Home -- 7. Beer and Moonshine -- 8. War and Outlaws -- 9. Onyx Mining -- 10. Guano Mining -- 11. Buried Treasure -- 12. Picnics and Parties -- 13. Show Caves -- 14. Cave Men and Cave Women -- 15. Changing Attitudes -- 16. Organized Caving -- 17. The Mystique of Caves.
Summary "Examines the historical and cultural significance of Missouri caves, describing ways that people have used them historically for shelter, cold storage, burials, moonshine stills, mining, and even as hideouts for Civil War soldiers and outlaws including Jesse James. Describes growing public appreciation and conservation of these unique and beautiful resources"--Provided by publisher.
Access Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL
System Details Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL
Processing Action digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve MiAaHDL
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Subject Caves -- Missouri -- History.
Caves.
Missouri.
History.
Speleology -- Missouri.
Speleology.
Caves -- Social aspects -- Missouri -- History.
Social aspects.
Legends -- Missouri.
Legends.
Folklore -- Missouri.
Folklore.
Missouri -- History, Local.
Local history.
Missouri -- History -- Anecdotes.
Genre/Form Anecdotes.
Subject Missouri -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Electronic books.
Anecdotes.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: Weaver, H. Dwight. Missouri caves in history and legend. Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©2008 (DLC) 2007037350
ISBN 9780826266453 (electronic book)
0826266452 (electronic book)
9780826217783 (alkaline paper)
0826217788 (alkaline paper)