Carlsbad Caverns National Park New Mexico : Its Early Explorations as Told by Jim White: (Cover Title: Jim White's Story of Carlsbad Caverns)
by Charlie L. White, Jim White, Jr. (WIFE SIGNED)
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- Paperback
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- Very Good +/No Jacket
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WINFIELD, Kansas, United States
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About This Item
Carlsbad, NM: Self Published by the Authors, 1951 Self Published by the Authors, Carlsbad, NM. c1951. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Edition/Printing not stated. Signed by Mrs. Jim White on the title page. Book is tight, square, and unmarked. Book Condition: Very Good +; slight shelfwear to tips and edges; trace soiling to wraps. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is secure in saddle staples; text is secure in binding. Wraps are genuine Curteich-Chicago "C.T. Photo-Platin" Creation. Non-paginated (32 pp by count) 8vo. Jim White was 16 year-old cowboy looking for strays when he saw and opening in the ground with thousands of bats flying from it. Shortly after finding the opening in 1901, Jim White and a Mexican friend made the first known extensive explorations of the caverns.
He was chiefly responsible for bringing the attention of the public, scientific groups and the federal government to the importance and significance of the caverns. They were made into a National Park in 1930. These brochures were sold by Jim and his family on park grounds with the approval of the Park Service. A clean very presentable copy.
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- Bookseller
- Walnut Valley Books/Books by White (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 015453
- Title
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park New Mexico : Its Early Explorations as Told by Jim White: (Cover Title: Jim White's Story of Carlsbad Caverns)
- Author
- Charlie L. White, Jim White, Jr. (WIFE SIGNED)
- Format/Binding
- Soft cover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good +
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Self Published by the Authors
- Place of Publication
- Carlsbad, NM
- Date Published
- 1951
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Carlsbad Caverns National Park, bats, guano, explorations, cave exploration, National Park Service, guano mining, spelunkers, New Mexico History, cowboy, Jim White, Head Ranger at Carlsbad Caverns,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Americana; Geology;
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