"A view of life in the cities, on the farms, and in the nomad caravans of the Sahara Desert. Explains that trains, trucks, cars, and airplanes carry supplies to the cities and that camel caravans transport food and supplies to the remote tribes. Emphasizes the importance of water to the desert inhabitants and shows a diver risking his life to keep an artesian well free from clogging sand" - Summary from Worldcat.