Wild Books → desert → Narrative Nonfiction
The Secret Knowledge of Water: There Are Two Easy Ways to Die in the Desert: Thirst and Drowning

The Secret Knowledge of Water: There Are Two Easy Ways to Die in the Desert: Thirst and Drowning

Craig Childs
Childs tracking water through the desert Southwest — seeps, springs, flash floods, and the hidden hydrology that makes life possible in the driest landscapes. Two ways to die in the desert: thirst and drowning. Both are real.
desert River & Water Narrative Nonfiction American Southwest
Buy at Bookshop.org
Publisher Sasquatch Book
Published 2000
Related Wild Words
breunlach BRAYN-lahk kiva KEE-vah erg URG ensenada en-seh-NAH-dah chadar CHAH-dar glide
You Might Also Like
Stehekin: A Valley in Time
Stehekin: A Valley in Time
Grant McConnell
 Postcards From Ed
Postcards From Ed
Edward Abbey
 Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier…
Blue Mind: The Surprising Science That Shows How Being Near, In, On, or Under Water Can Make You Happier…
Wallace J. Nichols
 The Danakil Diary
The Danakil Diary
Wilfred Thesiger
###
Back to Wild Books