"This calm, compelling account of a swath of logging history is also a family tale about a father and son. Aaron Williams treats his subject with the same care that his father brings to his work as a logger. His book is mesmerizing and ultimately haunting as it reckons with a multi-generational livelihood coming to an end." -- Elizabeth Hay, author of Snow Road Station and winner of the Giller Prize for Late Nights on Air "With candor, empathy and unflinching honesty, Williams brings to life the human side of logging without shying away from the often-devastating impacts of the industry. Where trees are "wiley vets," their root wad, "a great mossy lily pad, rose from the ground" and cedar limbs "curtains of a car wash," Williams's gift for detail and evocative prose, together with his compassion for humanity and all living things, make The Last Logging Show a compelling and, at times, heart-rending book." --Donna Kane, author of Asterisms and Summer of the Horse "For 500 years the hardy North American lumberjack was seen as a hero, clearing land for settlement and building the industrial economy. Starting in the late 20th century, the tables began to turn as forestry's economic importance waned and the logger began to be portrayed as an environmental villain. Born to a logging family but educated in changing values, Aaron Williams sensitively examines both sides of this dichotomy as he chronicles the final days of one of the last independent logging companies on British Columbia's Haida Gwaii.

The Last Logging Show is a vivid and moving tribute to a vanishing way of life." --Howard White, author of Here on the Coast and Writing in the Rain.