Download or read book The Secret Knowledge of Water written by Craig Childs and published by Back Bay Books. This book was released on 2001-05 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Childs, author of "Crossing Paths" takes on the defining subject of the arid west: water. But his is the search for the secretive water of the desert where flows are hidden, ephemeral, sudden, and violent.