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Craig Childs is lost. In a labyrinth of canyons in the American Southwest where virtually nothing else is alive- barely any vegetation, few signs of wildlife, scant traces of any human precursors in this landscape-Childs and his friend Dirk undertake a fortnight's journey. With as much food and gear as they can carry, and little else but their wiles to help them traverse the inhospitable, unmappable terrain, the two men assume the life-or-death challenge...

Describes the animal and plant life in a desert in the American Southwest and the effects of a short but violent thunderstorm.

Ten stories of desert explorations in which men and women, driven by dreams of discovery, searched for water, converts to Christianity, a homeland, and mineral treasure.

Craig Childs, a naturalist and river guide, explores the appearances of water in the Arizona deserts, including underground rivers, flash floods, night rivers, and hidden lakes.

A graphic novel adaptation of an unproduced feature-length screenplay follows scruffy everyman Mac, who wakes up in an unfamiliar town and is chased across the desert of the American Southwest by all kinds of people and creatures.