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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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- **What is this?** The Secret Knowledge of Water: There Are Two Easy Ways to Die in the Desert: Thirst and Drowning by craig childs
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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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## Customer Reviews

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    Really well done writing about the desert Southwest.
  

*by M***R on Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2018*

This my fourth book by Craig Childs.  I have loved the writing in all.  Childs has intimate knowledge and a deep personal connection with his subjects.  Add to this his passion and writing skills and his books are beautiful and engaging narratives of whichever subject he discusses.  His writing is filled with the experience of a lifetime of wandering around the desert.  His eyes see things and his writing tells us things we could not likely discover on our own.  He goes to places we will never reach because they're just too hard to get to and brings back stories of those places we cannot see.Throughout his writing he holds unerringly to his moral compass.  His travels mirror the naturalist mantra to "take only pictures, leave only footprints".  He is a careful and respectful traveler who leaves the world as he found it.  He raises many ethical questions related to this way of traveling and brings the reader into his personal conversations about what it means to intrude on these special places.  He questions what it means to be a traveler in history as well as nature.  The questions are very compelling and in my own case surprised me with my own answers.I have two critiques about this and his other books.  The first and a minor one is the artwork used to illustrate them doesn't measure up to the quality of the writing.  They give a sense that they were done by a friend to whom he couldn't say no.  They don't add to or support the story and are somewhat amateurish.  In books where location plays such an important part, having understandable and clear maps or other illustrations is important.My other criticism is harder to qualify.  The author was born and raised in the desert and knows it well.  As his writing implies, he spends much time alone exploring the Southwest.  While this relationship to the desert has given him unique insights, it also has given him a sense of personal ownership that isn't his.  From time to time, Childs lets slip a kind of proprietary attitude in which he speaks derisively of tourists and "hiking clubs" he comes across in his travels.  He generally describes their presence as an intrusion into his desert.Living in MN "lake country" I am very familiar with this kind of attitude.  Many MN lakes are surrounded by private homes and the owners have an attitude the lakes are "theirs".  This can vary from just an attitude to actively discouraging access to public access sites.  The lakes in MN are public as are the deserts in the Southwest.  In the case of the desert, much of the author's stomping ground is Federal land, access to which is the public's right as much as his.There is also a sense that Childs' questions the moral purity of those visiting desert places.  While he inhabits these places in a deep and real way, he seems to dismiss those that just come to look.  The experiences of both visitors are real, just different but for me the underlying attitude I felt from Childs spoiled the stories a little.  Make no mistake, Childs has seen the worst of human behavior in the desert; the damage of pothunters being a glaring example.  But Childs' desert, like so many other places attracts different people for different reasons.The Secret Knowledge of Water follows Childs' path as he looks for, and finds water in unexpected places.  Like his other writings, it celebrates the journey and it's worth taking.

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    Life in southwest what you should  know
  

*by B***G on Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2023*

Great read so well written very informative and adventurous.  If you live in southwest US it's a must read

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    Amazing finding water in the desert
  

*by M***Y on Reviewed in the United States on January 21, 2023*

Craig childs knows the desert really, really well..he explores every bit of it and writes so well ! The book came promptly in perfect condition.

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