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David Mossman

David Mossman is a seventh-generation Canadian, born at home in Rose Bay, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. With his wife Marie, he lives in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. A geologist, he has worked in the mineral exploration sector, Canada-wide, in the United States and in various African nations. He has taught at the universities of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon), Otago, New Zealand, and most recently at Mount Allison, New Brunswick, where he is research professor emeritus. Since retirement in 2007, his focus is on publishing creative non-fiction. He is the author of Going Over: A Nova Scotia Soldier in World War I, the bestseller Oceans of Rum: The Nova Scotia Banana Fleet in Rum-Runner Heaven, Random Shots, The Legend of Gladee's Canteen, and Rum Tales.