Secrets Underground: North America's Buried Past (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781554516308)

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, 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 - how the Aztec city Tenochtitlan, 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.

Author: Elizabeth MacLeod
ISBN-10: 1554516307
ISBN-13: 9781554516308
Publisher: Annick Press
Language: English
Published: 01/09/2014
Pages: 96
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 9.33h x 7.51w x 0.28d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 7.4
Point Value: 3
Interest Level: Middle Grade
Quiz #/Name: 166328 / Secrets Underground: North America's Buried Past


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2014 pg. 102
School Library Journal 08/01/2014 pg. 118