Underneath New York (Granick), 43, 46
van Hollar, Roderick (Rick), 221, 222
Vathek (Beckford), 171
Verne, Jules, 174
Vicky, 96
Virginia, 95–96
Volunteer Services for the Grand Central Partnership Social Services Corporation, 90
Volunteers of the Bathroom, 13–14
wanderers, 181–82
Washington Post, The, 40
”We Can,” 107
Weil, Simone, 87
White, Patrick, 32
Whitman, Walt, 211
Williams, Robin, 215, 216
Williams, Rosalind, 170–71, 172–73, 174
Williams, Seville, 11–27, 73, 249
childhood, 15–16
children, 17–18
on dealing drugs, 25–26
and humor, 12–13
and Iris, 16–18
medical treatment, 25
on Peppin, 63–64
on track workers, 75
on tunnels, 20, 27
Willie, 100, 224–25, 226–27, 249
Wilson. See Blade
women underground, 213–27
Brenda, 213–19
Cathy and Joe, 225–26
Dericka, 223
Fran and Shorty, 225
Gwen, 221–23
Michelle, 219–20
Sheila and Willie, 224–25, 226–27
Zack, 192
Copyright
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Toth, Jennifer
The mole people: life in the tunnels beneath New York City / Jennifer Toth.
p. cm.
Includes index
ISBN 1-55652-190-1; pbk ISBN 1-55652-241-X
1. Underground homeless persons-New York (N.Y.) 1. Title.
HV4506.N6T68 1993
305.5′696-dc20
93-23912
CIP
Photographs © 1993 by Margaret Morton unless otherwise credited.
Illustrations on pages ii and 254 © Chris Pape.
© 1993 by Jennifer Toth
All rights reserved
First edition
Published by Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
814 North Franklin Street
Chicago, Illinois 60610
ISBN 978-1-55652-241-3
Printed in the United States of America
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