The Golden Spruce: A True Story Of Myth, Madness And Greed

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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 & 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 metaphor for the challenge the world faces today. But it also raises the question of what then happened to Hadwin, who disappeared under suspicious circumstances & remains missing to this day.

Part thrilling mystery, part haunting depiction of the ancient beauty of the coastal wilderness, & part dramatic chronicle of the historical collision of Europeans & the native Haida, The Golden Spruce is a timely portrait of man