Entombed

by David Ward

This book tells the tale of an unforeseen caving
disaster which occurred in the tranquil and
picturesque Derbyshire village of Castleton
back in 1959, and how the widespread
publicity surrounding this event attracted
international media attention.

88 pages, Hardcover

Published March 5, 2025

About the author

David Ward was born in Montreal and grew up in Vancouver. He was an elementary school teacher for eleven years before completing his master's degree. He is the author of the Grassland trilogy and is a writer and university instructor in children's literature. He lives in Portland, Oregon, with his wife and their three children.

Reviews

[Cathy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Back in the sixties, my father was a potholer and part of Derbyshire Cave Rescue, and told me about this tragedy. I was therefore curious to know more about what happened and this is a pretty good account. The book follows a clear chronological narrative and details the area at the time, the cave system, and why the group was there at the time. Pretty comprehensive, I did feel it would have benefitted from more diagrams and illustrations at relevant pints rather than a selection at the end of the book. I found it hard to picture the shaft itself and therefore how Moss got stuck etc. The link to the short film was helpful and I subsequently watched this on YouTube which really helped me understand the location and issues involved. So, this is a good account but personally I felt it needed a little more visual content to help grasp the situation. Worth a read.