TABLE OF CONTENTS
Reading edition
Foreword 11
PART I THE DISCOVERY by Abijah Long
1. We Move to Carlsbad 15
2. A Big Cave Is Discovered 19
3. A Business Venture Appears 24
4. The First Guano Is Mined 30
5. Life at the Camp 38
6. The Big Cave Is Explored 47
7. The End of the Beginning 53
PART II THE FIRST 60,000,000 YEARS by Joe N. Long
1. The Beginning 59
2. Life Enters the Caverns 64
3. The First Fifty Years 74
PART III THE BIG CAVE TODAY by Joe N. Long
1. From Above 91
2. From Below 107
Bibliography 127
PICTURE CREDITS:
ROBERT NYMEYER, FRONT COVER, BACK COVER, PAGES 68, 90, 92, 94, 96, 98, 100, 102, 104, 106, 108, 112, 114, 116, 118, 120, 122 AND 124.
NEW MEXICO STATE TOURIST BUREAU, PAGE 110.
COVER PHOTO—Totem Poles in the Big Room © by Robert Nymeyer