A Good Forest for Dying: The Tragic Death of a Young Man on the Front Lines of the Environmental Wars
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| Rating | : | 4.24 (657 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0385506171 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-07-20 |
| Language | : | English |
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What really happened that day, and why was the event so polarizing? Beach, a writer for the Austin (Tex.) American-Statesman, has no simple answers. . He explores the long history of the conflict, which encompasses not only a wide range of environmental beliefs and tactics but also the different viewpoints of loggers and corporate management. All rights reserved. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. Yet he switches viewpoints so quickly and so often it is difficult to determine which passages are in his own voice: does he really believe the logg
A GOOD FOREST FOR DYING traces the long history of bitter clashes between environmental concerns and economic interests in the American West and shows why these tensions came to a head in northern California in the 1990s. It tells the story of how Pacific Lumber, once an environmentally friendly, family-owned business, became part of a conglomerate whose business practices made it a ripe target for environmental activists. A balanced, highly readable examination of complex, emotionally charged issues, A GOOD FOREST FOR DYING will appeal to a wide audience. Ammons, a logger for Pacific Lumber, confronted the group, threatening them in an obscenity-ridden diatribe: if they didn't leave "I'll make sure I got a tree comin' this way!" The group retreated, moving deeper into the wilderness. A short time later, just as they were attempting to confront the logger yet again, Gypsy was dead, crushed to death by a tree Ammons felled. A social misfit in his small Texas hometown, he died in a faraway forest before he had a chance to come to terms with himself and his family. E. A. His mother never lost faith in her sometimes wayward, idealistic son. Its insights into the inner workings of the radical environmental movement and its dissection of corporate greed and misdeeds are reminiscent of such provocative exposés as A C
"Amazing Life Lessons - A History Unfolds" according to cindy allsbrooks. Many of us live our lives without knowledge of what goes on around us. Truly I was unaware of the struggle to save California's old growth redwood forest until my son, David Nathan Chain died in that war. It is often referred to as the "Timber Wars". We all just assume that our magnificent old redwoods are protected. Many of us also assume that people with corporate power will make good decisions for the welfare of our communities. César Chávez said Riveting. Patrick Beach spent 6 years researching this book, pouring over legal documents, conducting interviews, etc But instead of a dry recitation of the facts, Beach tells a fascinating and engaging story, more interesting to read than the best of fiction. Highly recommended.