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Title: Soul of Nowhere: Traversing Grace in a Rugged Land by Craig Leland Childs ISBN: 1-57061-306-0 Publisher: Sasquatch Books Pub. Date: October, 2002 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.33 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Fascinating, Absorbing, Well Written
Comment: I read a lot of outdoor books, and I have to say this is one of the best that I have read in ages. Craig Childs lives, breaths, eats "wild." He writes with a clarity that makes me feel like I am alongside him -- and with a passion that is contagious. I am already planning a trip to visit some of the places he writes about. In the meantime, I'll nurse my desires by trying some of his other books.
Rating: 5
Summary: a great book about the desert southwest
Comment: I heard about this book on NPR and living in the area decided to read it. I have read several books about this area and the desert, in general and this is one of the best. Up there with Edward Abbey's books, but nowhere near as acidic. I have not yet read Child's other books, but he gives a great insight into the vastness of this area, both phyiscally and mentally. From someone who came to this area from back east, I recommend this book to anyone who would wonder why people would want to come to this area to live and work.
Rating: 3
Summary: I couldn't believe I didn't love this book
Comment: Craig Childs' writng is lyrical, personal, dramatic. He lives a life I wish I'd known I wanted to live when I was able to do so. Every one of his books is in my library. Last year I gave at least a half-dozen copies of 'The Secret Knowledge of Water' to friends and family. I look forward with keen anticipation to vicariously participating in his next set of adventures.
So what happened this time? Craig finds and reveals to his readers what it is that he searches for out there in the desert wilderness. Maybe I didn't like so much introspection. I know more about his friends and their private lives than I want to know. And (I don't want to sound prudish...everything has its place) I really don't want to know the color of his wife Regan Choi's various body parts.
That said, I must also say that I think it would be impossible to read anything by this author that does not inspire and impress. He is a gifted, very gifted, writer. And he is a crazy-man explorer of the wild places that are left in this world.
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Title: The Secret Knowledge of Water : Discovering the Essence of the American Desert by Craig Childs ISBN: 0316610690 Publisher: Back Bay Books Pub. Date: 01 May, 2001 List Price(USD): $13.95 |
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Title: The Desert Cries: A Season of Flash Floods in a Dry Land by Craig Leland Childs, Regan Choi ISBN: 1893860647 Publisher: Arizona Highways Pub. Date: April, 2002 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Crossing Paths: Uncommon Encounters With Animals in the Wild by Craig Leland Childs, Sivi Ruder ISBN: 1570611017 Publisher: Sasquatch Books Pub. Date: September, 1997 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Stone Desert: A Naturalist's Exploration of Canyonlands National Park by Craig Leland Childs ISBN: 1565794737 Publisher: Westcliffe Pub Pub. Date: December, 2001 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: The Southwest's Contrary Land: Forever Changing Between Four Corners and the Sea of Cortes by Craig Leland Childs, Arizona Highways Contributors ISBN: 1893860191 Publisher: Arizona Highways Pub. Date: November, 2001 List Price(USD): $39.95 |
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