THE HEART OF THE MONSTER
WHY THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST AND NORTHERN ROCKIES MUST NOT BECOME AN EXXON MOBILE CONDUIT TO THE ALBERTA TAR SANDS - WITH RICK BASS
A rapid response nonfiction book by DJD and Rick Bass, researched, photographed and written in seven weeks (!) and produced in less than three months in a race to protect the Columbia, Snake, Clearwater, Bitterroot, Big Blackfoot and other rivers from Exxon Mobil and the Alberta Tar Sands, published by All Against the Haul, 2010.
Doug Peacock: “One of the greatest pieces of 'crazy fast writing' ever published.”
Barry Lopez: “What David Duncan, Rick Bass, and their colleagues have done with The Heart of the Monster knocked me across the room. They have breathed fire into a worldwide effort to make Big Oil, Big Ore, and Big Government accountable, to bring them to bay.”
Terry Tempest Williams: “David Duncan and Rick Bass have raised their pens as swords and taken on the megalords with their megaloads associated with the tar sands fantasy, a nightmare too close, too real for comfort. May we not only sit still and read this landmark book but rise up in outrage and indignation. This act of writing is an act of civil resistance through brilliant storytelling.”
Flyfish Journal: “The Heart of the Monster gives off luminous smoke... Two of America’s most powerful writers at their most impassioned, articulate, and raw.”
Brian Doyle: “I read the whole thing this morning and cried. The photos alone are horrifying. There are so many forms of rape and living things that get raped. The only way this can be stopped is if enough people digest the facts and then roar like epic bears. Here are the facts. Cue the roaring.”
