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Als Will Hunt sechzehn Jahre alt war, entdeckte er unweit seines Elternhauses in Rhode Island einen verlassenen Tunnel. Zusammen mit Freunden unternahm er seine erste Exkursion unter die Erde und war sofort fasziniert von diesem dunklen, fremden Teil der Welt. Seitdem hält er sich bevorzugt im Untergrund auf. In diesem Band beschreibt Will Hunt seine Entdeckungsreisen in die geschichtsträchtigsten Löcher der Erde. Im australischen Outback stei...

[A] winningly obsessive history of our relationship with underground places" (The Guardian), from sacred caves and derelict subway stations to nuclear bunkers and ancient underground cities-an exploration of the history, science, architecture, and mythology of the worlds beneath our feetNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY NPR When Will Hunt was sixteen years old, he discovered an abandoned tunnel that ran beneath his house in Providence...

For fans of quirky, obsessive narrative histories, such as Confederates in the Attic and How Things Work, Underground explores the history, science, architecture, and mythology of the subterranean landscape and in the process reengineers our relationship with the worlds beneath our feet.

For fans of quirky, obsessive narrative histories, such as Confederates in the Attic and How Things Work, Underground explores the history, science, architecture, and mythology of the subterranean landscape and in the process reengineers our relationship with the worlds beneath our feet.

Urban adventurer Will Hunt's explorations of natural and man-made underground networks are reported back from with an eye for the history abundant throughout these locations, featuring trips to the Paris underground, underground dwellings in Turkey, and the mines of South Dakota. *Also appeared in July Buyer's Notes*