NATIONAL BESTSELLER - WINNER OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR NON-FICTION - WINNER OF THE WRITERS' TRUST NON-FICTION PRIZE "Absolutely spellbinding." -- The New York Times The environmental true-crime story of a glorious natural wonder, the man who destroyed it, and the fascinating, troubling context in which this act took place. FEATURING A NEW AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR On a winter night in 1997, a British Columbia timber scout named Grant Hadwin committed an act of shocking violence in the mythic Queen ...
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER - WINNER OF THE GOVERNOR GENERAL'S LITERARY AWARD FOR NON-FICTION - WINNER OF THE WRITERS' TRUST NON-FICTION PRIZE "Absolutely spellbinding." -- The New York Times The environmental true-crime story of a glorious natural wonder, the man who destroyed it, and the fascinating, troubling context in which this act took place. FEATURING A NEW AFTERWORD BY THE AUTHOR On a winter night in 1997, a British Columbia timber scout named Grant Hadwin committed an act of shocking violence in the mythic Queen Charlotte Islands. His victim was legendary: a unique 300-year-old Sitka spruce tree, fifty metres tall and covered with luminous golden needles. In a bizarre environmental protest, Hadwin attacked the tree with a chainsaw. Two days later, it fell, horrifying an entire community. Not only was the golden spruce a scientific marvel and a tourist attraction, it was sacred to the Haida people and beloved by local loggers. Shortly after confessing to the crime, Hadwin disappeared under suspicious circumstances and is missing to this day. As John Vaillant deftly braids together the strands of this thrilling mystery, he brings to life the ancient beauty of the coastal wilderness, the historical collision of Europeans and the Haida, and the harrowing world of logging--the most dangerous land-based job in North America.
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