The Golden Spruce
Subtitle: A True Story of Myth, Madness, and Greed
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Published: May 29, 2006
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9780393328646
First sentence: ON THE NORTHWEST COAST, there is no graceful interval between the ocean and the trees; the forest simply takes over where the tide wrack ends, erupting full-blown from the shallow, bouldered earth.