Publisher | Little, Brown And Company |
ISBN 13 | 9780316610698 |
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 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. |
About the Author | Craig Childs is a river guide, a field instructor, an adventurer, and a writer. He camps in the backcountry 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... |
Language | English |
Author | Craig Childs |
Publication Date | 04 July 2002 |
Number of Pages | 304 |
Secret Knowledge Of Water paperback english - 04 July 2002