The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City | Jennifer Toth

The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City | Jennifer Toth | A Worthwhile & Compelling "Read"

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	The Mole People: Life in the Tunnels Beneath New York City Jennifer Toth Chicago Review Press, 1995 - 280 pages average customer review:based on 114 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

I won't be able to walk the streets of New York and not think of this book!

I wasn't aware of the people literally living below the streets of New York! Amazing that there are those who chose to live this way! Wow!! For those who visit and walk the streets of New York or any other big city, they will not see the cities in the same way again after they read this book.

A Worthwhile & Compelling "Read"

Toth finds herself assailed for fabricating data and manufacturing stories. However, those who make such allegations are ignoring the fact that the author made no claim of firsthand verification for every detail she passes along. Rather, Toth documents what she has seen and experienced...and reports the stories of others, as well...which stories she presents in an "as is" condition without asking the reader to subscribe to every detail alleged within them.

Even if the entire work were one unbroken stream of fiction this would be a compelling read. The characters here transcend the printed page...forming virtual holograms within the mind of the reader.

But there is more than a little evidence to support the veracity of Toth's greater vision of a largely ignored subterranean culture existing (if not thriving) beneath the streets of New York City. Toth takes us there and introduces us to ourselves...as we might be if handled as roughly and forgotten so completely as her characters have been.

'The Mole People' is a compelling read. You will likely never forget some of the people Ms. Toth introduces you to. And that's a rare and wonderful gift to receive from a book!

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good book, bad influence

i read this book when i was real young and it had me thinkin i wanted to be a mole person. i was hangin out with homeless people, trying to find a mole person. trying to spy secret passageways underground, not caring about my future cuz i could always fall back on being a mole person. don't give this book to your kids. but if you're in your twenties its a cool, interesting book.

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