Andrew Vietze is a writer and Baxter State Park ranger. He has written more than a dozen books, including Boon Island: A True Story of Mutiny, Shipwreck, and Cannibalism, winner of the 2013 Independent Publisher Book Award, and Becoming Teddy Roosevelt: How a Maine Guide Inspired America's 26th President. He spends six months a year as a ranger in the wilds of the Katahdin region.
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The history of the ubiquitous pine tree is wrapped up with the history of early America-and in the hands of a gifted storyteller becomes a compelling listen, almost an adventure story.