Pieces Across Time

David Mossman is a seventh-generation Canadian, born in Rose Bay, Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. He lives in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, with his wife, Marie. A geologist, he has worked in the mineral exploration sector Canada-wide, in the United States, and in various African nations. He has taught geoscience at the universities of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon), Otago, South Island, New Zealand and, most recently, Mount Allison, New Brunswick, where he is professor emeritus of geoscience. In addition to numerous scientific papers, he has written biographies of noted geologists and general-interest articles on topics including gold, tidal phenomena, carbonaceous meteorites, and the trackways of extinct animals.


Since retirement, his focus has been on writing narrative and creative non-fiction. He is the author of Going Over: A Nova Scotia Soldier in World War 1, Oceans of Rum: The Nova Scotia Banana Fleet in Rum-Runner Heaven, Random Shots, The Legend of Gladee's Canteen: Down Home on a Nova Scotia Beach, Rum Tales: Down Home Yarns Around a Pot-Bellied Stove and The Little Red Nova Scotian Schoolhouse: For Whom the Bells Rings. All six books are published by Pottersfield Press.