Fragile Majesty: The Battle for North America's Last Great Forest

by Keith Ervin

This book points out that the 500-year westward sweep of European civilization on this continent has laid low every forest in its path. It describes how the old growth forests are valuable for more than lumber . They are one of nature's last defenses against the global warming trend that threatens us all. This complex story behind the old-growth debate is no only one of tress or owls, but of people as well.

272 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 1989