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Books about Headwaters Forest

I’ve been compiling this list for over a year and finally decided to post it. It’s an ongoing list, of course, and I’d love to hear of any other suggestions from people, or your thoughts on these books.

UPDATE MARCH 2010: Added the recently-published Tree Spiker to the list.

The Last Stand: The War Between Wall Street and Main Street over California’s Ancient Redwoods
by David Harris
published by: Sierra Club Books (paperback ed.), 1997; 384 pages
espd’s rating:
buy it

From the Redwood Forest: Ancient Trees and the Bottom Line: A Headwaters Journey
by Joan Dunning (author & illustrator) and Doug Thron (photographer)
published by: Chelsea Green, 1998; 272 pages
espd’s rating:
buy it

The Legacy of Luna: The Story of a Tree, a Woman and the Struggle to Save the Redwoods
by Julia Butterfly Hill
published by: Harper San Francisco, 2001; 288 pages
espd’s rating:
buy it

A Good Forest for Dying: The Tragic Death of a Young Man on the Front Lines of the Environmental Wars
by Patrick Beach
published by: Doubleday, 2004; 288 pages
espd’s rating:
buy it

Timber Wars
by Judi Bari
published by: Common Courage Press, 1994; 343 pages
espd’s rating:
buy it

Who Bombed Judi Bari? (audio CD)
by Judi Bari
published by: Alternative Tentacles, 2000 (audio CD)
espd’s rating:
buy it

The Secret Wars of Judi Bari: A Car Bomb, the Fight for the Redwoods, and the End of Earth First
by Kate Coleman
published by: Encounter Books, 2005; 261 pages
espd’s rating: This is an error-riddled hit piece published by a right-wing publishing house. Don't bother unless you really want your collection to be all-inclusive.
buy it

Tree Spiker: From Earth First! to Lowbagging: My Struggles in Radical Environmental Action
by Mike Roselle with Josh Mahan
published by: St. Martin’s Press, 2009; 252 pages
espd’s rating: I haven’t read it yet. While this book doesn’t relate directly or entirely to Headwaters alone, Roselle was a co-founder of Earth First! and the memoir covers Headwaters-related territory such as Redwood Summer and the bombing of Judi Bari and Darryl Cherney.
buy it

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