Killing the Hidden Waters

Austin: University of Texas Press, 1977. First edition. Hardcover. Very good -. 174 pp. Octavo. [23.5 cm]. Light blue cloth over boards. Dust jacket toned, with small losses at head and tail. Price clipped with one 1.5 cm triangular chip on back panel of jacket. The first work by Charles Bowden, exploring drought culture and what it means to be a people motivated by the need to mine for water.