The Longest Cave
- ISBN-10
- 0809313227
- ISBN-13
- 9780809313228
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 331
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1987-02-16
- Publisher
- SIU Press
- Authors
- Richard A. Watson, Roger W. Brucker
Description
The dramatic story of several generations of cavers whose exciting and dangerous explorations in Kentucky's limestone labyrinths culminated in the big connection between the Flint Ridge Cave System and Mammoth Cave, forming the longest cave in the world.
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