Wintergreen: Rambles in a Ravaged Land. . - Books: obscure beauty - book review

E: The Environmental Magazine, Jan-Feb, 2002

The Willapa Hills of Washington may not be the Olympic Mountains or the Cascade Crest, but for author Robert Michael Pyle, they are beautiful and enticing. In Wintergreen: Rambles in a Ravaged Land (Sasquatch Books, $16.95), Pyle tells of his love for a land doomed to destruction by logging companies and paints a clear picture of what's left behind. The book takes a close look at the wildlife still found in the Willapas, measures the impact of forestry and logging companies, and it marvels at the struggle to survive in a land devastated by resource extraction. This book will compel readers to reexamine their assumptions about the resiliency of nature.

--C.H.