| DAVID CRUISE and ALISON GRIFFITHS' acclaimed best-selling books include: On South Mountain - The Dark Secrets of the Goler Clan; The Great Adventure - How The Mounties Conquered The West: Lords of The Line - The Men Who Built the CPR: Net Worth - Exploding the Myths of Pro-Hockey: Vancouver - A Novel, and soon to be released : The Portfolio Doctor.
Winners of numerous writing awards, most recently they were honoured with the Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy. |
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"Breathtaking in its scope, Vancouver is the new novel by the award-winning authors David Cruise and Alison Griffiths. An astounding epic that traces Vancouver's history from the first time humans set foot on this continent to this modern-day incarnation as a major city."
"It's part rough and tumble adventure story, part first nations mythology, part roman à clef, part romance, and on the whole. . . very entertaining." "Keep this on your nightstand for a time. You’ll never look at Vancouver, or the Northwest for that matter, quite the same again." |
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"We're lost on the prairie, no one knows where we are... Horses and men dying fast, provisions getting scarce, things look very dark."
"As much a page turner as the romantic novels of William Butler and James Fenimore Cooper. . . a rich and facinating account of an important, but also ludicrous, episode in Canadian history." "A well told tale deftly combining adventure, outsize characters, and lively scenes of a wild land. . ." |
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"The Annapolis Valley is one of the most beautiful places on earth. But there has been a dark evil festering within this idyllic land for more than two hundred years. The evil web begins to unravel when a fourteen-year-old Mountain girl tells authorities that her father has been "using her as a wife."
"This stunning work is notable for the painful contrast between its complex, elegantly crafted narritive structure and the grinding horrors of the story it tells. . . This is a terrible story, beautifully told." "On South Mountain. . . is a sympathetic, in-depth examination of what came to be known (and largely dismissed) as "the hillbilly sex ring." It is also a facinating, unsettling social history of a place and a way of life few would care to admit exists in Canada." |
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"Six tough, arrogant and supremely powerful men, creators of Canada's greatest institution - the CPR."
"Facinating, well researched and readable." "Lords of the Line has all the extravagant emotions, plot twists and sheer drama expected of a novel." "One word of warning: you can't scan this book. It is a book to be read right down to the last toothsome footnote." |
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"In their trademark, award-winning style, David Cruise and Alison Griffiths tell the story of remarkable people who carry on in the tradition of the settlers who made Canada what it is by virtue of their hard work and determination."
"David Cruise and Alison Griffiths have written a book about Canada the way history books should be written in this country." "An engaging and lively read. . .[Working The Land] gives its characters a depth they deserve by probing below the superficial to find out about the issues that shape their lives." |
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