Texas Caves (Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment Series) [Hardcover]

Blair Pittman (Author), Frances Edward Abernethy (Foreword)

Book Description

Series: Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment Series | Publication Date: September 1, 1999

"Texas has about three thousand known, explored caves, ranging in size from small crawlways to huge caverns. Most of these caves, however, are generally restricted to exploration by trained, experienced cavers, geologists, and biologists."--BOOK JACKET. "Texas Caves introduces this seldom-seen world, providing basic cave geology and biology, a description of the seven show caves that have been opened and developed for public visiting, and information on state speleological parks."--BOOK JACKET. "The text along with a hundred full-color and black-and-white photographs reveal the glories of Texas caves, "wild" as well as commercial, showing different types of cave formations, the creatures that live in them, and the people who explore them."--BOOK JACKET.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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About the Author

Blair Pittman is an award-winning photographer and writer who has worked in photojournalism and nature and fine art photography. Author/photographer of The Stories of I. C. Eason, King of the Dog People and photographer of The Natural World of the Texas Big Thicket, published by Texas A&M University Press, he lives in Austin, Texas.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: TAMU Press (September 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0890968497
• ISBN-13: 978-0890968499
• Product Dimensions: 11.3 x 8.8 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,776,807 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Underground Texas, February 27, 2000

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Joy Kennedy (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Texas Caves (Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment Series) (Paperback)

The stunning beauty of Texas caves can be seen in the book's many photographs (both color and black & white). The first part of the book gives a brief overview of the geology of Texas caves and cave biology. It provides descriptions of the seven largest "show caves" in the state (including directions, length of tour, camping, facilities, nearby motels, etc). State speleological parks which offer wild cave tours (through undeveloped caves) are also mentioned. The second part of the book includes chapters contributed by well-known Texas cavers. As a Texas caver myself, I was really happy to see a section on "Guide to Caving Etiquette," which can be useful to any reader who wants to know more about cave safety, Texas caving organizations, and establishing landowner relations. Another bonus is a chapter that includes tips for cave photography. This is a good companion book to "The Caves and Karst of Texas" which was put out by the National Speleological Society (1994).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Texas Caves - Great Book except for spine....., July 22, 2005

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Mary Janssens - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Texas Caves (Louise Lindsey Merrick Natural Environment Series) (Paperback)

The content of the book was wonderful, as were the pictures. I felt as though I was in the cave. Though I am alittle upset, the spine has already come apart after I read it a couple of times.