Books about the People and Water and How They Shape Each Other
Publications
The Secret Knowledge of Water: Discovering the Essence of the American Desert, by Craig Childs. Sasquatch Books, 2000. A wonderful book about the author’s endless search for water in the desert. Incredible adventures lead to his discovery that the desert is nothing but water.
The Desert Smells Like Rain, by Gary Paul Nabhan. North Point Press, 1982. A graceful and humane tour of the Tohono O’ Odham and how they live in the beautiful Sonoran desert.
Cultures of Habitat: On Nature, Culture, and Story, by Gary Paul Nabhan. Counterpoint, 1997. A wonderful book celebrating how people and nature can coexist and enhance one another.
When the Rivers Run Dry: Water–The Defining Crisis of the Twenty-First Century, by Fred Pearce. Beacon Press, 2006. A groundbreaking book focusing on the dire state of the world’s rivers and our mismanagement of their watersheds and their flow, while also presenting positive steps such as water harvesting that are being taken and which need to spread.
