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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

Author: John Vaillant
Publisher: New York : W.W. Norton, ©2005.
Edition/Format:   Book : English : 1st edView all editions and formats
Summary:
Traces the political, religious, and scientific factors that contributed to the seemingly inexplicable decision of logger-turned-activist Grant Hadwin to destroy the world's only giant golden spruce tree.
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Named Person: Grant Hadwin; Grant Hadwin
Material Type: Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: John Vaillant
ISBN: 0393058875 9780393058871
OCLC Number: 57579269
Description: 255 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents: A threshold between worlds --
The people --
Wildest of the wild --
The tooth of the human race --
The beginning of the end --
A boardwalk to Mars --
The fatal flaw --
The fall --
Myth --
Hecate Strait --
The search --
The secret --
Coyote --
Over the horizon.
Responsibility: John Vaillant.
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Traces the political, religious, and scientific factors that contributed to the seemingly inexplicable decision of logger-turned-activist Grant Hadwin to destroy the world's only giant golden spruce tree.

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