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ISBN:	0393328643 (ISBN13: 9780393328646)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize Nominee (2006), Governor General's
Literary Awards:	/ Prix littéraires du Gouverneur général for Nonfiction (2005), Kiriyama Prize Nominee for Nonfiction (2006), Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize (2006), British Columbia National Award for Canadian Non-Fiction Nominee (2006) Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction (2005)

The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed

John Vaillant

Paperback | Pages: 288 pages

Rating: 4.08 | 6753 Users | 812 Reviews

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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.
As vividly as John Krakauer puts readers on Everest, John Vaillant takes us into the heart of North America's last great forest.

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Title	:	The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
Author	:	John Vaillant
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 288 pages
Published	:	May 17th 2006 by W. W. Norton Company (first published May 17th 2005)
Categories	:	Nonfiction. History. Environment. Nature. Cultural. Canada

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Stunning story of the history of Pacific Northwest logging, the Haida culture, and a man who defies understanding. I especially loved Vaillants detailed accounts of the loggers and their trade, the evolution of technology in the forests and its clear and defeat sting results. Hard to read how we have destroyed so much ecosystem.

Overall RatingI finally finished The Golden Spruce and recognize that I may have done a disservice to the author and the book by reading it in short doses over too long a period. Thats not how I like to read. I find the reading process much more fruitful and powerful by reading only only book at a time and over a short period so that only one book can be my primary focus. Unfortunately I had lots of work commitments and too many books on the go at the same time as I read The Golden Spruce.That

This is one of those books that turns me into THE most annoying wife. I just couldn't help myself, I needed to read the interesting tidbits out loud. A golden spruce AND an albino raven. Trees as heavy as jumbo jets. A seven hour ferry ride to get to these cold weather islands. A first-nations group whose language is not related to any other group. Strong as the Vikings. Etc. This book was recommended to me by someone who knew I'd be on a ship near the Haida Gwaii. Never heard of whatever that

Reading this book is de rigueur in my department, and I finally got around to it. The reputation is well deserved. This is nonfiction that I can get into. It gets filed together with three other notable nonfiction efforts about the west coast: The Curve of Time, Eating Dirt, and Adventures in Solitude. The four together make me feel like I'm not such a bad BC resident. Even if I haven't been to Desolation Sound, Haida Gwaii and up the north coast, at least I've read about them.This book is

It seems that in order to succeed - or even function - in this world, a certain tolerance for moral and cognitive dissonance is necessary. A Sitka spruce once grew near the banks of the Yakoun River in the remote Haida Gwaii, formerly known as the Queen Charlotte islands off the coast of northern British Columbia. It grew for hundreds of years before it was technically documented for what it was: a rare anomaly of genetics and environment, growing healthy and visible for miles. Revered by the

Look at this beautiful Golden Spruce: https://www.google.be/search?q=golden...ETA: Check out National Geographic's article on the Haida (Vol 172, NO.1, July 1987)Anyone interested in forest conservation should read this book. It is informative and clear. You will learn about the timber industry. Maybe that sounds dry, but the book is in no way dry. Why? That is because the author couples it with a true event concerning the chopping down of the tree shown above and the disappearance of the man

This book was informative, fascinating, beautifully written and haunting. Certainly continued the skew in my thinking away from the greed and destructiveness of logging companies....not to mention the continuing removal & killing of Native Americans. Had to weep at the losses.