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Subterranean Twin Cities
Greg Brick
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Description for Subterranean Twin Cities
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 33 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; WQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Don’t try this at home—read the book instead! (it smells better).
We tend to send things underground that we are not interested in ever seeing again. Sewage. Garbage. In the past, we have used the underground to age such provisions as cheese and beer. In Subterranean Twin Cities, geologist, historian, and urban speleologist Greg Brick takes us on an adventurous, educational, and—thankfully—sanitary tour beneath the streets and into the myriad tunnels, caves, and industrial spaces that make up the Twin Cities’ fascinating and surprisingly vast underground landscape.
In this groundbreaking tour, the first of its kind of the Twin Cities, Brick mines ... Read more From spending the onset of Y2K in Carver’s Cave (just in case) to long hours wading in underground rivers, Brick proves himself a knowledgeable, wry, and daring guide. Subterranean Twin Cities shines a headlamp (with extra batteries, of course) into the captivating labyrinths beneath the Twin Cities and reminds us that what we see aboveground is really only half of the story. Show LessProduct Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Minnesota, United States
ISBN
9780816645978
SKU
V9780816645978
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About Greg Brick
Greg Brick is a geologist and author of Iowa Underground: A Guide to the State’s Subterranean Treasures, as well as numerous scholarly and general-interest article about caves and underground spaces.
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