In the southeast corner of America's most rugged state lies the last contiguous expanse of temperate rain forest on the planet, much of it within the Tongass National Forest With Glacier Bay at its northern end, the Tongass lies on a maze of islands andalong a coastal strip protected by a range of mountains The Tongass lives up to its state's reputation ожлйщ for wildness, natural beauty, and battles over how the land has been and will be used In The Book of the Tongass, 13 Alaskans describe the region's spectacular forest and wildlife, its economic opportunities, and in two pieces by Tlingit storytellers, its oral history.  Эта книгаISBN 1571312269.