Underground Empires: Two Centuries of Exploration, Adventure & Enterprise in New York’s Cave Country

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This book explores the wonder and drama in the history of the caves and describes the remarkable personal and engineering accomplishments that turned some into popular tourist destinations. It is an intriguing, surprising, sometimes humorous and very human look back at nearly 200 years of adventure in New York’s most famous caves and the explorers and entrepreneurs whose courage and vision have made the caves a part of the lives of millions of visitors from around the world. Author: Dana Cudmore. Paperback, 344 pages.