Uncover the spine-tingling mysteries and eerie surprises that lurk
right under your feet!
In Secrets Underground, history buff Elizabeth MacLeod takes readers
deep down, down, down below the earth's surface, and introduces them to
a completely different world--sometimes terrifying, often baffling, and
always fascinating.
Discover:
- the Civil War secrets carefully concealed in Organ Cave, West
Virginia
- the top-secret equipment that lies deep below Grand Central Terminal
in New York City
- the network of tunnels in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, that once hid
victims of persecution--and illegal liquor transported by notorious
Chicago gangsters
- how the Aztec city TenochtitlÁn, the largest and most powerful city of
its time in what is now North America, nearly disappeared without a
trace
- the abandoned ships buried beneath San Francisco that reveal the
city's history as a top destination for fortune seekers during the Gold
Rush
- the nuclear shelter the U.S. government kept hidden for decades
underneath an exclusive resort in West Virginia called The Greenbrier.
Guiding readers through these fascinating places, MacLeod reveals their
long-kept secrets and deftly explains how these lost and hidden
subterranean passages, spaces, and caves answer decades-old puzzles,
help us understand our own past, and lead us to discover what life was
really like in eras gone by.