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At the turn of the century, lumber was a booming industry in a savage land. Upon the unexpected death of his father, Daniel Rimsdale returns home to try and salvage the floundering family lumber business, find out who killed his father and save his family from financial ruin. However, he meets heavy resistance from others who will stop at nothing to become the new Lumber Baron!

Explore the past and present of the rough-and-tumble logging industry and the treacherous lives of Pacific Northwest timber cutters. Follow five logging crews, including a team of diving loggers and another that relies on helicopters, through a season in the remote forests of northwest Oregon.

An epic tale that pits a son against the legacy of his family's desecration of the earth, and his own father's more personal violations, Jim Harrison's True North is a beautiful and moving novel that speaks to the territory in our hearts that calls us back to our roots. The scion of a family of wealthy timber barons, David Burkett has grown up with a father who is a malevolent force and a mother made vague and numb by alcohol and pills. He and his...

Explore the past and present of the rough-and-tumble logging industry and the treacherous lives of Pacific Northwest timber cutters. Follow four logging crews through a season in the remote forests of northwest Oregon.

Weaving together investigative reporting, colorful characters, logging history, political analysis, and cutting-edge tree science, this gripping account reveals the complexity of the illegal timber market.