The Charles Bowden Reader

Foreword by Jim Harrison; Introduction by the Editors; Part I; Coming to Arizona, from Arizona Highways; Bats, from Blue Desert; Speech Excerpt from North Dakota Geological Conference; Excerpt from Killing the Hidden Waters; Snaketime, from Wild Earth; Excerpt from Inferno; Part II; One Thing in Common: Sadness, from the Tucson Citizen; Excerpt from "Using Our Children for Sex," from the Tucson Citizen; Rape, from the Tucson Citizen; Torch Song, from Harper's; Part III; Excerpt from the 2008 Photography Exhibit "The History of the Future"; While You Were Sleeping, from Harper's; Don Francisco Must Be Stopped, from USA Today; Excerpt from Exodus; Outback Nightmares and Refugee Dreams, from Mother Jones; Part IV; Excerpt from Shadow in the City; The Pariah, from Esquire; Ike and Lyndon, from Harper's; Extraordinary Rendition; Epilogue on Edward Abbey; The Bone Garden of Desire, from Esquire; Part V; Letter to Barbara Houlberg; Excerpt from Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing; Excerpt from Desierto: Memories of the Future; Excerpt from Blues for Cannibals; Excerpt from Killing the Hidden Waters; Excerpt from Blood Orchid; Excerpt from Blues for Cannibals; Excerpt from Desierto: Memories of the Future; Excerpt from Inferno; Afterword: Excerpt from Some of the Dead Are Still Breathing