Secret Knowledge of Water
Discovering the Essence of the American Desert
Published on 1. May 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-316-61069-8 (ISBN)
Description
Like the highest mountain peaks, deserts are environments that can be inhospitable even to the most seasoned explorers. Craig Childs, who has spent years in the deserts of the American West - as an adventurer, a river guide, and a field instructor in natural history - has developed a keen appreciation for these forbidding landscapes: their beauty, their wonder, and especially their paradoxes. His extraordinary treks through arid lands in search of water are an astonishing revelation of the natural world at its most extreme.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Illustrations
illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 141 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
304 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-316-61069-8 (9780316610698)
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Other editions
Additional editions
Craig Childs
The Secret Knowledge of Water
There Are Two Easy Ways to Die in the Desert: Thirst and Drowning
E-Book
12/2008
Little, Brown and Company
€8.49
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Person
Craig Childs is a river guide, a field instructor, an adventurer, and a writer. He camps in the back country of the American West at least nine months of the year, usually living in the back of his truck, out of a river vessel, or from his backpack. He hasn't had a phone in 10 years.