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Finders Keepers

A Tale of Archaeological Plunder and Obsession
By: Craig Childs
Narrated by: Craig Childs
Length: 7 hrs and 11 mins
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Publisher's Summary

To whom does the past belong? Is the archeologist who discovers a lost tomb a sort of hero - or a villain? If someone steals a relic from a museum and returns it to the ruin it came from, is she a thief? 

In his trademark lyrical style, Craig Childs's riveting new book is a ghost story - an 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.
©2010 Craig Childs (P)2018 Hachette Audio

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I roam the deserts

This book spoke to me. I roam the deserts of the south west. I find the ancient remnants of past civilizations and I believe the objects of those past cultures belong where they were left, in the rocks, under the Junipers, the cliffs, the dirt. I feel a very strong aversion to take the objects I find. I untimely dont want to bring the dead back with me. I can sense the energy of the people who inhabited the sites I come across. I walk over ruins and know that I am walking on the dead. I look forward to listening to other Craig Childs books. I first saw this book at the Walnut Canyon visitor center in Arizona.