William Dietrich

The Final Forest

Big Trees, Forks, and the Pacific Northwest

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Produktbeschreibung

"William Dietrich has gone to the heart of the greatest forest left in North America and returned with a clear and compelling story of why so many people are fighting over it. Like the towering firs of the Olympic Peninsula, this book will stand the test of time." -Timothy Egan, author of The Big Burn

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Washington Press
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 225mm x 151mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 476g
• ISBN-13: 9780295990620
• ISBN-10: 0295990627
• Artikelnr.: 29977471

Autorenporträt

William Dietrich , a former science writer for the Seattle Times, is the author of Northwest Passage: The Great Columbia River and Natural Grace: The Charm, Wonder, and Lessons of Pacific Northwest Animals and Plants, as well as popular fiction.Winner of the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award

Inhaltsangabe

Preface, 2010 Twilight Town
Introduction The Last Corner
1. The Cutter
2. The Biologist
3. The Opening in the Trees
4. The Owl
5. The Town
6. The Guru
7. The Industry
8. The Truckers
9. The Environmentalist
10. Nobody to Blame
11. The Forester
12. The Candidate
13. A Name for the Trees
14. Refusing to Lose
15. The Empty Mill
16. Sanctuary, I
17. Sanctuary, II
18. Epilogue The Final Forest
Afterword, 2010
Acknowledgments
Index