The Golden Spruce - John Vaillant
A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed
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KORTE INHOUD
On a bleak winter night in 1997, a British Columbia timber scout named Grant Hadwin committed an act of shocking violence: he destroyed the legendary Golden Spruce of the Queen Charlotte Islands. With its rich colours, towering height and luminous needles, the tree was a scientific marvel, beloved by the local Haida people who believed it sacred. The Golden Spruce tells the story of the sadness which pushed Hadwin to such a desperate act of destruction - a bizarre environmental protest which acts as a metap...
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2006 Uitgever: Random House 272 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0676976468 ISBN-13: 9780676976465Koop dit boek tweedehands
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234 pp. B/w photographs. Signed by John Vaillant. [Binding: Paperback] [BookCondition: Book good] [Publisher: Vintage Canada] [Auteur: VAILLANT, JOHN] [Uitgever: Vintage Canada] [Jaar: 2005] [Titel: The golden spruce]