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5 unusual facts about John Vaillant


Governor General's Award for English-language non-fiction

2005: John Vaillant, The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed

Hubert Evans Non-Fiction Prize

John Vaillant – The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed

2011 John Vaillant - The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival

John Vaillant

The book was also selected for the 2012 edition of CBC Radio's Canada Reads, defended by lawyer and television personality Anne-France Goldwater.

It dealt with the felling of the Golden Spruce or Kiidk'yaas on Haida Gwaii by Grant Hadwin.



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