Explores the lives and works of sixteen writers whose words have shaped our visions of the opal desert. This book links all the writers as explorers of one kind or another, searching for tangible or intangible treasures, some finding and some losing their dreams in the opal desert.

He links all the writers as explorers of one kind or another, searching for tangible or intangible treasures, some finding and some losing their dreams in the opal desert. One of the foremost poets of the American West, Peter Wild has published over sixty volumes of history, literature, and poetry, including the Pulitzer Prize nominee "Cochise". He is Professor of English at the University of Arizona. This book has been published in cooperation with the Center for American Places.