Underground : a human history of the worlds beneath our feet / Will Hunt.
2018
TA712 .H86 2018 (Mapit)
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Title
Underground : a human history of the worlds beneath our feet / Will Hunt.
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780812996746 (hardcover)
0812996747 (hardcover)
0812996747 (hardcover)
Published
New York : Spiegel & Grau, [2018]
Language
English
Description
275 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Call Number
TA712 .H86 2018
Dewey Decimal Classification
624.1/909
Summary
Hunt's first tunnel trips inspired a lifelong fascination with exploring underground worlds, from the derelict subway stations and sewers of New York City to the sacred caves, catacombs, and tombs, from bunkers to ancient underground cities in more than twenty countries around the world. In a narrative spanning continents and epochs, Hunt tracks the origins of life with a team of NASA microbiologists a mile beneath the Black Hills, descends with an Aboriginal family into a 35,000-year-old sacred mine in the Australian outback, and more. Each adventure is woven with findings in mythology and anthropology, natural history and neuroscience, literature and philosophy. -- adapted from jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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Table of Contents
Descend
The crossing
The intraterrestrials
The ochre miners
The burrowers
The lost
The hidden bison
The dark zone
The cult.
The crossing
The intraterrestrials
The ochre miners
The burrowers
The lost
The hidden bison
The dark zone
The cult.