Tucson, University of Arizona Office of Arid Lands Studies, 1975. Written by Bowden in his capacity as Research Assistant in the Office of Arid Lands Studies and published as Arid Lands Resource Information Paper No. 6. Precedes his not-unrelated first book, Killing the Hidden Waters, by two years. 278 pages, ringbound in printed orange cardstock covers. Reportedly, one of about 400 copies printed, most of which were earmarked for public officials. The report was never offered publicly for sale. Bowden has become one of the most respected chroniclers of the difficult issues facing the Southwest, not just ecologically but more recently socially as well. He has chronicled the rise of Mexican drug cartels and the impact they've had on the border cities of both Mexico and the U.S. in a way that no other reporter in recent years has attempted. An uncommon, early work by an important contemporary writer. Fine. [#028158] SOLD