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The Secret Knowledge of Water: Discovering the Essence of the American Desert Paperback - 2001
by Craig Childs
The author of "Crossing Paths" takes on the defining subject of the arid west: water. His odyssey of risk and adventure follows the search for the secretive water of the desert where flows are hidden, ephemeral, sudden, and violent. Line drawings throughout.
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The desert looks hideous.
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- Title The Secret Knowledge of Water: Discovering the Essence of the American Desert
- Author Craig Childs
- Binding Paperback
- Edition 1st Back Bay Pbk
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Back Bay Books, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
- Date 2001-05-01
- Illustrated Yes
- Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780316610698 / 0316610690
- Weight 0.67 lbs (0.30 kg)
- Dimensions 8.26 x 5.54 x 0.82 in (20.98 x 14.07 x 2.08 cm)
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Themes
- Cultural Region: Southwest U.S.
- Cultural Region: Western U.S.
- Topical: Ecology
- Library of Congress subjects Southwest, New - Description and travel, Deserts - Southwest, New
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 99057283
- Dewey Decimal Code 553.709
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