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Trapped!

The Story of Floyd Collins

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Trapped!

By: Robert K. Murray, Roger W. Brucker
Narrated by: Joe Barrett
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The sensationalism and hysteria of the rescue attempt in early 1925 of caver Floyd Collins generated America's first true media spectacle and one of the seminal events of the century.

The crowds that gathered outside Sand Cave in Kentucky turned the rescue site into a carnival. Collins's situation was front-page news throughout the country, hourly bulletins interrupted radio programs, and Congress recessed to hear the latest word.

With a new epilogue revealing additional information about the Floyd Collins story that has come to light since the book was first published, Trapped! is both a tense adventure and a brilliant historical recreation of the past.

©1979 Robert K. Murray and Roger W. Brucker (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Social Sciences State & Local United States

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"This gripping account of the 1925 entrapment of Floyd Collins in Sand Cave simultaneously thrills and terrifies any reader." (Kentucky Living)
"The story of Floyd Collins' entrapment in a Kentucky cave makes for chilling and exciting reading." (Library Journal)
"The tension and confusion of the days of rescue attempts are made real." (Augusta Chronicle)

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Amazing story about history!

It’s incredible how one man can bring so many people together, thanks to both the writers of this book for getting as much detail as possible to make it seem like you’re living in this event in history.

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