{"product_id":"hidden-nature-wild-southern-caves-9780826501028","title":"Hidden Nature: Wild Southern Caves","description":"More than ten thousand known caves lie beneath the state of Tennessee according to the Tennessee Cave Survey, a nonprofit organization that catalogs and maps them. Thousands more riddle surrounding states. In \u003ci\u003eHidden Nature\u003c\/i\u003e, Michael Ray Taylor tells the story of this vast underground wilderness. In addition to describing the sheer physical majesty of the region's wild caverns and the concurrent joys and dangers of exploring them, he examines their rich natural history and scientific import, their relationship to clean water and a healthy surface environment, and their uncertain future. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As a longtime caver and the author of three popular books related to caving--\u003ci\u003eCave Passages\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDark Life\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCaves\u003c\/i\u003e--Taylor enjoys (for a journalist) unusual access to this secretive world. He is personally acquainted with many of the region's most accomplished cave explorers and scientists, and they in turn are familiar with his popular writing on caves in books; in magazines such as \u003ci\u003eAudubon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e; and on websites such as those of the Discovery Channel and the PBS science series \u003ci\u003eNova\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eHidden Nature\u003c\/i\u003e is structured as a comprehensive work of well-researched fact that reads like a personal narrative of the author's long attraction to these caves and the people who dare enter their hidden chambers.--George Singleton\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vanderbilt University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/15\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780826501028\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.10lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.76d","brand":"Michael Ray Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36645055692956,"sku":"9780826501028","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_ed9b501a-e6a5-4223-850e-00d2db9d020d.jpg?v=1603860085","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/hidden-nature-wild-southern-caves-9780826501028","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}