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...
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.
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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