Book 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…
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1 author picked The Secret Knowledge of Water as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
Child’s nonfiction account reminds us that nature in her most stripped-down beauty can be found in the deserts of the American West. Childs states in his subtitle, “There are two ways to die in the desert: thirst and drowning.” Thereby skillfully capturing the striking contrasts of these unpredictable, delicate, and beautiful natural environments.
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