“FewwriterscanbetterexpressthestrangevitalityofdesertlandscapesthanChilds.“--PUBLISHERSWEEKLYOriginallypublishedovertwenty-fiveyearsago,StoneDesertbringsthewonderandwildnessofoneofournation’smostgeologicallyandculturallyuniquenationalparkstoreaderseverywhere.Withanewintroductionbytheauthor,thiseditionincludesCraigChilds’soriginaljournal--writtenoverawinterinCanyonlandsNationalParkandcompletewithpen-and-inksketches--fromwhichStoneDesertoriginated.JoinChildsashehikesthehighmesas,navigatesthewindingcanyons,andwitnessestheancientrockartofUtah’smostinscrutableandremoteslickrockdesert.
