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100	1		_aToth, Jennifer.
245	1	4	_aThe mole people : _blife in the tunnels beneath New York City / _cJennifer Toth.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aChicago, Ill. : _bChicago Review Press, _c1993.
300			_ax, 267 p. : _bill. ; _c24 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0	0	_g1 _tFinding a Home _g7 -- _g2 _tSeville's Story _g11 -- _g3 _tMac's War _g29 -- _g4 _tThe Underground Population _g35 -- _g5 _tUnderground Spaces _g43 -- _g6 _tThe Bowery _g49 -- _g7 _tLiving with the Law _g59 -- _g8 _tHell's Kitchen _g73 -- _g9 _tChildren _g77 -- _g10 _tRoots _g87 -- _g11 _tBernard's Tunnel _g97 -- _g12 _tTunnel Art _g119 -- _g13 _tGraffiti _g129 -- _g14 _tRunaways _g135 -- _g15 _tTunnel Outreach _g151 -- _g16 _tDark Angel _g165 -- _g17 _tThe Underground in History, Literature, and Culture _g169 -- _g18 _tWanderers _g181 -- _g19 _tHarlem Gang _g183 -- _g20 _tJ.C.'s Community _g191 -- _g21 _t"City of Friends" _g203 -- _g22 _tWomen _g213 -- _g23 _tJamall's Story _g229 -- _g24 _tBlade's Piece _g237.
520			_aThousands of people live in the subway, railroad, and sewage tunnels that form the bowels of New York City. This book is about them, the so-called "mole people" living alone and in communities, in the frescoed waiting rooms of long-forgotten subway tunnels and in pick-axed compartments below busway platforms. It is about how and why people move undergraound, who they are, and what they have to say about their lives and the treacherous "topside" world they've left behind. There are even the voices of young children taken down to the tunnels by parents who are determined to keep their families together, although as one tunnel dweller explains, "once you go down there, you can't be a child anymore." Though they maintain an existence hidden from the world aboveground, tunnel dwellers form a large and growing sector of the homeless population. They are a diverse group, and they choose to live underground for many reasonssome rejecting society and its values, others reaffirming those values in what they view as purer terms, and still others seeking shelter from the harsh conditions on the streets. Their enemies include government agencies and homeless organizations as well as wandering crack addicts and marauding gangs. In communities underground, however, many homeless people find not only a place but also an identity. On these pages Jennifer Toth visits underground New York with various straight-talking guides, from outreach workers and transit police to vetern tunnel dwellers, graffiti artists, and even the "mayor" of a large, highly structured community several levels down. In addition to chilling and poignant firsthand accounts of tunnel life, she describes the fascinating and labryrinthine physical world beneath the city and discusses the literary allusions and historical points of view that prejudice our culture against those who "go underground". Toth has gained unprecedented access to a strange and frightening world, but The Mole People is not a daredevil journalistic account of a foreign place. It is one young woman's personal examination of her society, the despair it permits and her own inherited prejudices and fears. It is a thoughtful exploration of our times, when rising levels of urban poverty, drug addiction, and mental illness coincide with shortages in low-income housing, diminishing welfare services, and crime and brutality on the streets. With clarity and compassion this book exposes people too long hidden from view, individuals helping one another and even hoping for a better life as they struggle to survive their cruel portion of America.
650		0	_aUnderground homeless persons _zNew York (State) _zNew York.
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aToth, Jennifer. _tMole people. _b1st ed. _dChicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, c1993 _w(OCoLC)608921872
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aToth, Jennifer. _tMole people. _b1st ed. _dChicago, Ill. : Chicago Review Press, c1993 _w(OCoLC)622724195
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