The Secret Knowledge of Water: Discovering the Essence of the American Desert - Hardcover

The Secret Knowledge of Water: Discovering the Essence of the American Desert

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Very Good. First edition. 288pp. Octavo [22 cm] 1/4 brown cloth with purple paper over boards. Multiple very faint, small moisture stains to the top edge of the text block. Internally bright and fresh. In the dust jacket, with subtle shelfwear, and light soiling to the rear panel. "Childs's obsessive quest to find, map, observe and get wet in the waters of America's deserts has personal roots. Born in the Sonoran Desert of West Texas, this naturalist, river guide and author of four previous books. grew up learning to revere water, that fickle, scarce, elemental sustainer of life. Trekking for days or weeks, alone or with a companion, in search of random waterholes, rare creeks, waterfalls, springs, shrimp-filled pools and sudden, furious floods, Childs mingles personal observations with a cosmic perspective ('Most, if not all, water on this planet came from countless small comets thumping against the atmosphere. ') to make readers feel an integral part of earth's hydrologic processes. Far from being arid, his narrative ripples with adventure." - Publisher's Weekly. Artikel-Nr. 71441

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