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The Secret Knowledge of Water

There Are Two Easy Ways to Die in the Desert: Thirst and Drowning

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The Secret Knowledge of Water

By: Craig Childs
Narrated by: Craig Childs
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Naturalist Craig Childs's "utterly memorable and fantastic" study of the desert's dangerous beauty is based on years of adventures in the deserts of the American West (Washington Post).

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.

"Utterly memorable and fantastic...Certainly no reader will ever see the desert in the same way again." —Suzannah Lessard, Washington Post
Ecosystems & Habitats Environment Natural Resources Nature & Ecology North America Outdoors & Nature Science Travel Writing & Commentary United States Wild West Old West
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