From award winning writer, Lila Philip Beaverland is a masterful work of narrative science writing Philip follows for trappers for traders and for auctioneers, as well as wildlife managers, Pita activist native American, environmental, vigilante, scientist, engineers, and the colorful group of activist known as beaver believers Beaverland is beautifully written in impeccably researched it reveals the profound ways in which one eyed creature and the trade surrounding it has shaped history, culture, and our environment