signed
1987 · Carbondale, ILL
by Brucker, Roger W. and Richard A. Watson
Carbondale, ILL: Southern Illinois University Press, 1987. Second Edition. Fine/Fine. Inscribed to Fossett by Watson, [9.5x6.5in]; xx, 331 pp., 32 illustrations and images, 17 maps, appendices and index; Black cloth covers with gilt lettering on spine, all edges trimmed, dark brown end papers; Dust jacket color image of cave explorers with red and light brown lettering on front, black lettering on red spine, black lettering book review on red back; Minimal shelf wear with no blemishes, inscription by Richard A. Watson "For Steve Fossett from Red, The view from below- way below", bookplate of Steve Fossett on front end paper. This is the story of the history and exploration of the cave systems in Mammoth Cave National Park.
Steve Fossett (1944-2007) was a successful commodities trader and an adventurer that set world records in balloons, sailboats, gliders and unique powered aircraft. His 2,000 + book collection included significant and authoritative accounts of aeronautics, polar, Asia, Australasia, circumnavigation's, mountaineering and others. In 2007, Fossett disappeared on a solo flight in a light aircraft over the eastern Sierra Mountains along the California and Nevada border. The wreckage was found by hikers a year later along the rugged Mt. Ritter range in the Ansel Adams Wilderness in Madera County, about 10 miles east of Yosemite National Park. (Inventory #: 13606)
Steve Fossett (1944-2007) was a successful commodities trader and an adventurer that set world records in balloons, sailboats, gliders and unique powered aircraft. His 2,000 + book collection included significant and authoritative accounts of aeronautics, polar, Asia, Australasia, circumnavigation's, mountaineering and others. In 2007, Fossett disappeared on a solo flight in a light aircraft over the eastern Sierra Mountains along the California and Nevada border. The wreckage was found by hikers a year later along the rugged Mt. Ritter range in the Ansel Adams Wilderness in Madera County, about 10 miles east of Yosemite National Park. (Inventory #: 13606)