About the book: 1958 / From time immemorial, nature has been the enemy of man. Nature was stingy with gifts; nature often stood as a severe and insurmountable obstacle in the path of man. To conquer it, to transform it according to one’s desires and needs, has always cost a person enormous strength, but when it was possible, the most incendiary, most exciting pages were written into the book of history. This book is about the events of the plan to transform Tuliksaare nature in Soviet Estonia in the early 50s. Green gold! Was it by chance that the people gave the forest such a beautiful name? So we need to protect it... Some time will pass and people will see how merrily the water will flow along the new channel, how the fields and meadows will dry out, how the vetch and clover will grow luxuriantly, and each potato will grow almost as big as a turnip... What a giant turns into a man! He wants to conquer everything, remake it in his own way so that the people can live better…