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Tunnel people, Teun Voeten

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-302)

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Tunnel people

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Teun Voeten

Describes the author's five-month stint in the underground tunnels beneath New York City, including descriptions of the people living there, the society they created for themselves, and the whereabouts of the original residents

Introduction -- A short note to the 2010 translated and updated edition -- Part 1. Autumn November & December 1994. 1. Halloween ; 2. The simplicity of being ; 3. Lord of the Tunnel ; 4. Canning 101 ; 5. Southern neighbors ; 6. Daily routine ; 7. The secret life of plants ; 8. Tony the Tomato Plant ; 9. Big-Ass Beams ; 10. A rat called mouse ; 11. Suicide on Christmas Eve -- Part 2. Summer June, July, August & September 1995. 12. Back in the Tunnel ; 13. Little Havana ; 14. The adventures of Frankie, Part 1: Frankie is in love ; 15. The homeless debate of the '90s ; 16. The truly chosen ; 17. Frankie's adventures, Part 2: Frankie checks out asses ; 18. Kicked out of the Tunnel ; 19. Little Havana revisited ; 20. The adventures of Frankie, Part 3: Kathy and Joe complain about Frankie ; 21. Searching for mole people ; 22. The adventures of Frankie, Part 4: A baby in the Tunnel ; 23. Aid workers vs. mole people ; 24. The adventures of Frankie, Part 5: Frankie talks about his father ; 25. Housing ahead ; 26. The adventures of Frankie, Part 6: Frankie is mad at his fiancee ; 27. The case of Bob ; 28. The adventures of Frankie, Part 7: Stupid plans ; 29. Advanced canning I: Big Shot Tony ; 30. Advanced canning II: Pier John ; 31. Advanced Canning III: WeCan ; 32. Lord of the Tunnel again ; 33. The adventures of Frankie, Part 8: Frankie makes mashed potatoes ; 34. Burglary in the Tunnel ; 35. In the Lion's Den ; 36. Hopeless Little Havana -- Part 3. Winter January 1996. 37. The Tunnel empties ; 38. The adventures of Frankie, Part 9: Out of the Tunnel ; 39. Murder for the garbage -- Part 4. Epilogue September 2009. 40. Thirteen years later ; 41. Tracking down the Tunnel people 1: Bob, Ment, Bernard, Frankie, Joe and Kathy, Julio, Tony, Marcus ; 42. Tracking down the Tunnel people 2: Poncho, Getulio, Estoban, Hugo, Jose, Greg, Tito, Dee, Henry, Ralph ; 43. An acceptable rate ; 44. 'Tis what it is -- Appendix: Joe's letter to the Amtrak Police