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A \;panoramic investigation of the s ubterranean landscape\, from sacred caves and derelict subway stations to nuclear bunkers and ancient underground cities&mdash\;an exploration of th e history\, science\, architecture\, and mythology of the worlds beneath o ur feet.
\nWhen Will Hunt was sixteen years old\, he discovered an a bandoned tunnel that ran beneath his house in Providence\, Rhode Island. H is first tunnel trips inspired a lifelong fascination with exploring under ground worlds\, from the derelict subway stations and sewers of New York C ity to sacred caves\, catacombs\, tombs\, bunkers\, and ancient undergroun d cities in more than twenty countries around the world. \;Underground \;is both a personal exploration of Hunt&rsquo\;s obsession and a pan oramic study of how we are all connected to the underground\, how caves an d other dark hollows have frightened and enchanted us through the ages.
\nIn a narrative spanning continents and epochs\, Hunt follows a cast of subterraneaphiles who have dedicated themselves to investigating underg round worlds. He tracks the origins of life with a team of NASA microbiolo gists a mile beneath the Black Hills\, camps out for three days with urban explorers in the catacombs and sewers of Paris\, descends with an Aborigi nal family into a 35\,000-year-old mine in the Australian outback\, and gl impses a sacred sculpture molded by Paleolithic artists in the depths of a cave in the Pyrenees.
\nEach adventure is woven with findings in my thology and anthropology\, natural history and neuroscience\, literature a nd philosophy. In elegant and graceful prose\, Hunt cures us of our &ldquo \;surface chauvinism\,&rdquo\; opening our eyes to the planet&rsquo\;s hid den dimension. He reveals how the subterranean landscape gave shape to our most basic beliefs and guided how we think about ourselves as humans. At bottom\, the book is a meditation on the allure of darkness\, the power of mystery\, and our eternal desire to connect with what we cannot see.
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