Growing up Underground Author:Jane Alpert Jane Alpert wrote Growing up Underground in 1981. Her book is a confessional memoir where she writes about her experiences as a political activist. Alpert wrote the book to set the record straight about her personal role in the bombings of buildings in New York City in 1969 and her life underground in the early 1970's. Alpert explains what happe... more »ned in 1969 and how she got involved in the Weather Underground Organization. She writes about her misunderstood childhood and her account of her life underground.« less