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A tale of obsession so fierce that a man kills the thing he loves most: the only giant golden spruce on earth. As vividly as Jon Krakauer put readers on Everest, John Vaillant takes us into the heart of North America's last great forest, where trees grow to eighteen feet in diameter,... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Grant Hadwin: Very Gripping. Weaves a narrative of one man's rebellion against industrialized ecocide in a Northwest coast history.
- Tom Hadwin: Add a description of this character.
- Macmillan Bloedel
- Prince Rupert
- Harry Tingley
- Haida
- Cora Gray
- Weber
- Richard
- Lukoff
- Fincham
- Angus
- Macdonald
- Bentham
- Eason
- Douglas
- Beek
- Maquinna
- Cook
- Mary Island
- Clark
- Masset
- Kendrick
- Koyah
- Sziklai
- Margaret
- Hyder
- Gibson
- Scott
Setting & Locations edit
- Sitka
- Northwest Coast
- Alaska
- Vancouver Island
- Canada
- North America
- Gold Bridge
- British Columbia
- B.c.
- California
- Yakoun Valley
- North Pacific
- Europe
- Washington
- Kamloops
- United States
- Queen Charlotte Islands
- New England
- Whitehorse
- Yakoun River
- Oregon
- Hecate Strait
- Maine
- Atlantic
- Pacific Northwest
- West Vancouver
- Lillooet
- San Francisco
- Skidegate
- Dixon Entrance
- Asia
- Victoria
- Tsiij
- Hazelton
- Siberia
First Sentence edit
ON THE NORTHWEST COAST, there is no graceful interval between the ocean and the trees; the forest simply takes over where the tide wrack ends, erupting full-blown from the shallow, bouldered earth.
Authors & Contributors edit
- John Vaillant (Author)
First Edition edit
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Page Count: 255
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Page Count: 255
Awards edit
- BC Book Prize's Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize (Finalist, 2006)
- BC Book Prize's Roderick Haig-Brown Regional Prize (2006, Winner)
Classification edit
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- Dewey: 333
Subjects edit
- Books › Science › Biological Sciences › Plants › Trees
- Books › Professional & Technical › Professional Science › Agricultural Sciences › Forestry
- Books › Literature & Fiction › History & Criticism › Criticism & Theory
- Books › Outdoors & Nature › Environment › Conservation
- Books › Outdoors & Nature › Ecology › Living on the Land
- Books › Outdoors & Nature › Conservation
- Books › Outdoors & Nature › Reference
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