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Trapped! The Story of Floyd Collins When Floyd Collins entered Sand Cave in 1925, little did he realize that he would soon become a national folk hero. His entrapment and the subsequent efforts to free him attracted national attention and became one of the most sensational news events of the 20th Century. In Trapped!, authors Roger Brucker and Robert Murray take readers into the mind of this simple Kentucky farmer whose ambition to discover a big cave was fueled by visions of fame and fortune. In researching Trapped!, Brucker and Murray interviewed dozens of eyewitnesses and studied hundreds of documents to uncover facts about this tragedy that were not previously known. More than a book about a caving tragedy, Trapped! is a story of personal ambition, conflicting egos, and one man's courage in the face of unspeakable terror. Buy The Book Related Articles | Readers Comments Reviews: "...offers fascinating glimpses of Collins as an eternal adolescent, who seemed at home in a subterranean world, and of a clan whose rural simplicity was marbled with dark conflicts." - NEW YORK TIMES "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's entrapment in a Kentucky cave makes for chilling and exciting reading." - LIBRARY JOURNAL "Of the countless articles, books, TV shows and even a musical about Floyd Collins, none is finer than 'Trapped! The Story of Floyd Collins...'" -- CINCINNATI POST "An exciting narrative account of Floyd Collins's entrapment in a Kentucky cave in 1925 and the folklore that grew..." - THE JOURNAL OF SOUTHERN HISTORY "...ranked the third largest news story between World Wars ... topped only by Charles Lindbergh's crossing of the Atlantic..." - EL PASO TIMES "The tension and confusion of the days of rescue attempts are made real...." - AUGUSTA CHRONICLE