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Craig Childs
Craig Childs is an Arizona native now living in western Colorado. Winner of the 2009 Rowell Art of Adventure Award, he is part deep traveler, part writer who focuses on natural sciences, archaeology, and journeys into the global wilderness. He is a commentator for National Public Radio's Morning... show more

Craig Childs is an Arizona native now living in western Colorado. Winner of the 2009 Rowell Art of Adventure Award, he is part deep traveler, part writer who focuses on natural sciences, archaeology, and journeys into the global wilderness. He is a commentator for National Public Radio's Morning Edition, and his work has appeared in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Men's Journal, Outside, the Sun, and Orion. Subjects range from pre-Columbian archaeology to US border issues to the last free-flowing rivers of Tibet and Patagonia.
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The Drift Of Things
The Drift Of Things rated it 17 years ago
I would give this book six stars if I could! This is one of the best nature books I have EVER read. Childs covers encounters with everything from mosquitoes to mountain lions. He has spent large blocks of time in true wilderness, sometimes under great hardship. He's a risk-taking crazy man at tim...
Ko
Ko rated it 17 years ago
I love this guy. He's entertaining, informative and even poetic, when he isn't being funny. I should also admit that I'm heartened to find someone who, when surprised by a big, lumbering, snorty beastie, turns out to be even more nutty than I am.
Melody Murray's Books
Melody Murray's Books rated it 18 years ago
Very absorbing chronicle of Childs' tracing of the Anasazi diaspora. One lovely passage: "There are places in the world where no clocks or calendars are needed, landscapes where time is as palpable, as abrasive, as any of the elements, sharp as hail."
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