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Subject: Floyd Collins: article, book, 1951 movie
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2018 12:36:44 -0600
From: Logan <lmcn...@austin.rr.com>
To: texascavers@texascavers.com
CC: Preston Forsythe <pns_...@bellsouth.net>, Bill Steele
<speleoste...@aol.com>
**Thanks to Preston Forsythe for sending the link to the article.
The best source is the book /Trapped! The Story of Floyd Collins/, by
Robert K. Murray and Roger W. Brucker.
Paperback and web pdf edition currently available for 50% off from
University Press of Kentucky.
http://kentuckypress.com/live/title_detail.php?titleid=1669
In addition to the article and book, there is a 1951 movie loosely based
on the Collins event. /Ace in the Hole/, directed by Billy Wilder and
starring Kirk Douglas. In contrast to the Collins story, the recent
massive cave rescue in Thailand brought out the best in humanity, with a
happy ending.
*
*Thanks to Bill Steele for the link to the full movie on You Tube
https://youtu.be/0xPuLe9Gxy4
My Dad was 10 years old in 1925, and remembered the Collins story
vividly. He never accepted my caving, and didn't want to hear about it.
Logan McNatt
*
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