Anonymous writes “The New York Times has an interesting article on a new biography on Judi Bari, an anti-logging activist and eco-celebrity. The author, Kate Coleman, has drawn demands from the executor of Ms. Bari’s estate that the publisher pull it from stores. It has also inspired an anti-Coleman Web site and led to shouting matches across bookshelves in backwoods places like the nearby town of Fort Bragg and elsewhere in Mendocino County, where many of Ms. Bari’s friends, admirers and colleagues from the radical group Earth First! live.
Ms. Coleman opened the promotion tour for her book, “The Secret Wars of Judi Bari,” at the Fort Bragg Public Library this month.
“It felt like a book burning,” said Robin Watters, branch manager there.
At one point, Ms. Watters said, the session was halted because those opposed to the book were interrupting Ms. Coleman and calling her a liar. Eventually the author slipped out the back door.”
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