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Renowned naturalist Craig Childs explores the paradoxical nature of anthropological excavation amongst the Native American ruins his work is based upon. To whom does the past belong Is the archeologist who discovers a lost tomb a sort of heroor a villain If someone steals a relic from a museum and returns it to the ruin it came from, is she a thief Written in his trademark lyrical style, Craig Childs's riveting new book is a ghost storyan intense, impassioned investigation into the nature of the past and the things we leave behind. We visit lonesome desert canyons and fancy Fifth Avenue art galleries, journey throughout the Americas, Asia, the past and the present. The result is a brilliant book about man and nature, remnants and memory, a dashing tale of crime and detection.
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