In this taut, intensely dramatic narrative - the record of a perilous excursion into the wild - two men confront immutable forces of nature and the limits of their own sanity.
Journeys through the American deserts in search of water, exploring its influence on the natural world and its meaning in terms of life and death in these harsh environments.
Traces the history of the Anasazi people of the American Southwest, exploring their accomplishments in art, agriculture, commerce, and engineering, and the mysterious circumstances surrounding the rapid collapse of their civilization in the thirteenth century.