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The Golden Spruce

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The Golden Spruce
Full titleThe Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
AuthorJohn Vaillant
Published2004
Pages272
RecommendedOnce
BuyAmazon
Why it’s on the listNarrative non-fiction on the logger who felled a unique golden Sitka spruce sacred to the Haida, and on the Pacific Northwest timber industry that produced him.

Where I heard about it

  • Replies to @moseskagan — named in the thread answering “What historical fiction should I read next?”, April 2025 — though the thread asked for fiction and this is non-fiction.

Connections

  • What historical fiction should I… (tweet) — the saved thread this recommendation came from.
  • Frontier
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