Powder Burn: Arson, Money and Mystery on Vail Mountain. - Review - book review

E: The Environmental Magazine, May, 2001 by B.H.

ARSON ON THE MOUNTAIN

In Powder Burn: Arson, Money and Mystery on Vail Mountain (PublicAffairs, $25), Daniel Glick traces the underlying forces and events leading up to the 1998 arson attack on America's largest ski resort. The colorful, detail-packed narrative showcases the cultural clashes between mainstream and radical environmentalists, wealthy financiers, big business, ski bums and local residents. Glick skillfully develops the story of unrest at Vail as a platform to analyze wider issues of resource allocation, sprawl and corporate and citizen responsibility. The book serves as a valuable template for understanding the roots of eco-terrorism around the world.