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The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
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When a shattered kayak and camping gear are found on an uninhabited island in the Pacific Northwest, they reignite a mystery surrounding a shocking act of protest. Five months earlier, logger-turned-activist Grant Hadwin had plunged naked into a river in British Columbia's Queen Charlotte Islands, towing a chainsaw. When his night's work was done, a unique Sitka spruce, 165 feet tall and covered with luminous golden needles, teetered on its stump. Two days later it fell.
Author: John Vaillant
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 05/17/2006
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.18h x 5.52w x 0.78d
ISBN: 9780393328646
Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 06/16/2006 pg. 80
Kliatt 11/01/2006 pg. 41
About the Author
Vaillant, John: - John Vaillant has written for The New Yorker, the Atlantic, Outside, National Geographic Adventure, and Men's Journal, among others. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Golden Spruce is his first book.
As vividly as John Krakauer puts readers on Everest, John Vaillant takes us into the heart of North America's last great forest.
Author: John Vaillant
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 05/17/2006
Pages: 288
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 8.18h x 5.52w x 0.78d
ISBN: 9780393328646
Review Citation(s):
Entertainment Weekly 06/16/2006 pg. 80
Kliatt 11/01/2006 pg. 41
About the Author
Vaillant, John: - John Vaillant has written for The New Yorker, the Atlantic, Outside, National Geographic Adventure, and Men's Journal, among others. He lives in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Golden Spruce is his first book.
