{"product_id":"virga-bone-essays-from-dry-places-9781948814188","title":"Virga \u0026 Bone: Essays from Dry Places","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"It's impossible to imagine another writer in America who is better than Craig Childs at elegizing the fearsome and confounding appeal of our most austere landscapes.\" \u003cbr\u003e--KEVIN FEDARKO, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Emerald Mile\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Knowledge of Water\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAtlas of a Lost World\u003c\/i\u003e comes a deeply felt essay collection focusing upon a vivid series of desert icons--a sheet of virga over Monument Valley, white seashells in dry desert sand, boulders impossibly balanced. Craig Childs delves into the primacy of the land and the profound nature of the more-than-human. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCRAIG CHILDS\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of more than a dozen books on nature, adventure, and science, including \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Knowledge of Water\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAtlas of a Lost World\u003c\/i\u003e. His work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e. Recipient of the Ellen Meloy Desert Writers Award and the Sigurd F. Olson Nature Writing Award, he lives in Colorado.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Torrey House Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781948814188\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 120\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.80h x 4.20w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Craig Childs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36672709722268,"sku":"9781948814188","price":12.71,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_354c35d6-c6dd-44ea-804b-39c10187f357.jpg?v=1603928220","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/virga-bone-essays-from-dry-places-9781948814188","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}