Forest Blood
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by Jeff Golden
Forest Blood tells the story of Jack Gilliam, a third- generation logger who becomes the Northwest timber war's first world-famous casualty--and then its most coveted pawn, as timber companies, environmental protestors, cut-throat news reporters and politicians from County Commissioners to President Bill Clinton race one another to profit from his tragedy.
Jack grew up in the last of timber country's country town, asking questions no one could answer and eventually walking away from timber-falling as the trout streams he loved grew muddier every year with the "modernization" of forest management. But he can't stand apart when a corporate raider buys out and starts liquidating the forests of southwestern Oregon. Environmental protestors, led by the woman who has commanded Jack's feelings since he was four years old, descend on Jack's town until the war of words, too charged with years of pent-up anger and fear for anyone to control, bursts into savage violence--and a stunning conclusion that fundamentally changes those who came to do battle.
Jeff Golden, a former woodsman, environmental trouble-maker, County Commissioner in the heart of spotted owl country, and nominee for the JFK Profile in Courage Award, works as a mediator and public radio talk show host in Ashland, Oregon.
Forest Blood tells the story of Jack Gilliam, a third- generation logger who becomes the Northwest timber war's first world-famous casualty--and then its most coveted pawn, as timber companies, environmental protestors, cut-throat news reporters and politicians from County Commissioners to President Bill Clinton race one another to profit from his tragedy.
Jack grew up in the last of timber country's country town, asking questions no one could answer and eventually walking away from timber-falling as the trout streams he loved grew muddier every year with the "modernization" of forest management. But he can't stand apart when a corporate raider buys out and starts liquidating the forests of southwestern Oregon. Environmental protestors, led by the woman who has commanded Jack's feelings since he was four years old, descend on Jack's town until the war of words, too charged with years of pent-up anger and fear for anyone to control, bursts into savage violence--and a stunning conclusion that fundamentally changes those who came to do battle.
Jeff Golden, a former woodsman, environmental trouble-maker, County Commissioner in the heart of spotted owl country, and nominee for the JFK Profile in Courage Award, works as a mediator and public radio talk show host in Ashland, Oregon.
