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

This is a sobering work of investigative reporting on logging practices that are too common nowadays. Author Lyndsie Bourgon dives into the underbelly of the illegal timber market. She traces the supply chain from start to finish — starting with “tree poachers” and the middleman actors including law enforcement, forensic wood specialists, residents of old logging communities, the activists and the indigenous communities that suffer the fallout effects of the commodity chain. This book outlines an environmental struggle that is rooted in the intersectionality — one that places economic class status as paramount, a call to not alienate working-class communities, essential actors in sustainability activism. This book is a thrilling personal account of an industry that affects society at large, with fascinating characters, intriguing history, and political analysis. (This book may contain a sharpie mark on the top or bottom edge and may show mild signs of shelfwear.)