The Independently Published The Hole Through the Mountain Paperback

Beneath the Alps, men fought granite, water, and time itself. *The Hole Through the Mountain* tells the true story of the first great Alpine tunnels-the Mont Cenis and the Gotthard-where engineers and laborers drove iron through the living rock, often at the cost of their lungs and lives.This edition includes an original map of the tunnel routes and data-rich tables detailing boring rates, rock types, and fatality tolls. Timelines anchor the narrative to key decisions and breakthroughs, while anecdotes are sourced directly to named engineers, miners, and contemporary newspaper accounts.For readers of narrative nonfiction and popular history who want the grit, the genius, and the human cost behind the world's first mountain bores.