Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America's Woods

Tree Thieves: Crime and Survival in North America's Woods

A gripping account of the billion-dollar timber black market -- and how it intersects with environmentalism, class, and culture.

In Tree Thieves, Lyndsie Bourgon takes us deep into the underbelly of th…

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