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Trapped!
- Narrator
- Joe Barrett
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date
- 10 November 2009
- Run Time
- 11 hours 59 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
The sensationalism and hysteria of the attempt to rescue Floyd Collins from the cave where he was trapped in early 1925 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’ situation was front-page news throughout the country, ranked the third largest news story between two World Wars. Hourly bulletins interrupted radio programs, and even 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.
Critics Review
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“Narrator Joe Barrett’s sandy voice alternates between his normal speech and the rural accent of central Kentucky, where the story takes place. Barrett amplifies the suspense by modulating his intensity in synchrony with the hero’s vicissitudes…Floyd’s uncertain fate makes the true story difficult to pause. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award.”
AudioFile
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“The tension and confusion of the days of rescue attempts are made real.”
Augusta Chronicle
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“An exciting narrative account of Floyd Collins’ entrapment in a Kentucky cave in 1925 and the folklore that grew.”
Journal of Southern History
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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
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“The story of Floyd Collins’ entrapment in a Kentucky cave makes for chilling and exciting reading.”
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Details
- Author
- Robert K. Murray, Roger W. Brucker
- Narrator
- Joe Barrett
- Duration
- 11 hours 59 minutes
- Release Date
- 10 November 2009
- ISBN
- 9781483057958
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Blackstone Publishing
- Genre
- History of the Americas
Synopsis
The sensationalism and hysteria of the attempt to rescue Floyd Collins from the cave where he was trapped in early 1925 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’ situation was front-page news throughout the country, ranked the third largest news story between two World Wars. Hourly bulletins interrupted radio programs, and even 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.
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