A review by kilgorewolfe
House of Rain: Tracking a Vanished Civilization Across the American Southwest by Craig Childs

5.0

This was a highly engrossing read, combining a travelogue with archaeological research to create a vivid portrait of one of the most fascinating prehistoric North American civilizations, the Ancestral Pueblans. Childs has a wonderfully poetic voice, which he uses to bring the details of the beautiful US Southwest to life. By combining these descriptions with information gleaned from a number of archaeologist, the book renders some powerful (albeit speculative) images of how the Ancestral Pueblans might have lived, and more interestingly, where they might have gone.

This is a well written book, and if you have even a slight interest in the ancient cultures of the American Southwest, I would strongly recommend it.