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

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The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed - Vaillant, John
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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, ...

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The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed 2006, W. W. Norton & Company

ISBN-13: 9780393328646

Trade paperback

The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed 2006, Knopf Canadian Publishing, Toronto, Canada

ISBN-13: 9780676976465

Vintage Canada edition

Trade paperback

The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed 2005, W. W. Norton & Company, New York, NY

ISBN-13: 9780393058871

Hardcover

The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed 2005, Knopf Canada

ISBN-13: 9780676976458

Hardcover