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The legacy of Luna : the story of a tree, a woman, and the struggle to save the redwoods

Title: The legacy of Luna : the story of a tree, a woman, and the struggle to save the redwoods / Julia Butterfly Hill.
Author: Hill, Julia Butterfly.
Publication: San Francisco, Calif. : Harper San Francisco, 2000.

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xv, 256 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

"On December 18, 1999, Julia Butterfly Hill's feet touched the ground for the first time in over two years, as she descended from "Luna," a thousand-year-old redwood in Humboldt County, California.".
"Hill had climbed 180 feet up into the tree high on a mountain on December 10, 1997, for what she thought would be a two- to three-week-long "treesit." The action was intended to stop Pacific Lumber, a division of the Maxxam Corporation, from the environmentally destructive process of clear-cutting the ancient redwood and the trees around it.".
"Over the course of what turned into an historic civil action, Hill endured El Nino storms, helicopter harassment, a ten-day siege by company security guards, and the tremendous sorrow brought about by an old-growth forest's destruction. This story - written while she lived on a tiny platform eighteen stories off the ground - is one that only she can tell.".
"Twenty-five-year-old Julia Butterfly Hill never planned to become what some have called her - the Rosa Parks of the environmental movement. Although her brave vigil and indomitable spirit have made her a heroine in the eyes of many, Julia's story is a simple, heartening tale of love, conviction, and the profound courage she has summoned to fight for our earth's legacy."--BOOK JACKET.

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99088633

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Columbia University Libraries