Reviews & Awards for Rex Weyler’s Greenpeace
Finalist for the Shaughnessy-Cohen Award for Political Writing
Finalist for the Hubert Evans Award for Non-Fiction
“Cream of the Crop,” 2004, Seattle Post-Intelligencer
"The Best Books of 2004," Publishers Weekly, December 6, 2004
“Great reads of 2004,” Ottawa Citizen
“Best Non-fiction of 2004,” Halifax Public Libraries
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"An engaging, brisk and at times emotional read."
Publishers Weekly
“Monumental history … a rousing story.”
Globe & Mail
“Cream of the Crop .. turns Greenpeace’s early years into a heroic opera.”
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“An epic story .. highly readable book.”
The New Statesman, London
"… like a hip James Michener novel."
BC Bookworld
“Monumental .. This book gives you hope.”
Now Magazine, Toronto
“Scrupulously even-handed .. immense amount of research … and an inspirational story.”
The New Zealand Herald
“… meticulously researched … part high drama, part screwball comedy.. captures the euphoria experienced by every new social movement whose time has come.”
Edmonton Journal
“A gripping insider’s chronicle … stirring testimony to the power of committed citizens … rich in vivid portraits and clear summations of key concepts.”
Booklist
“A strumming, deep, and colorful history… Weyler’s finely crafted narrative explores with elegant pacing and graceful humility the origins of Greenpeace.”
Kirkus Review
“A rousing tale of the buccaneers and idealists who conspired to save the world by bringing democracy to the high seas.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President, Waterkeeper Alliance
“A great chronicle of the grass roots citizen action of the 1970s that put peace and ecology on society’s agenda. The book shows the enormous power of speaking truth with courage and imagination.”
Bonnie Raitt, Grammy winner, social activist
“A fascinating and intimate history. Read it and recognize how much our society owes Greenpeace.”
Zac Goldsmith, Editor, The Ecologist
“A gripping yarn. These people changed the world.”
Peter Singer, author of Animal Liberation and Democracy and Disobedience
“Reads like a novel, driven by an eclectic cast of characters … creative lunatics who believed that anything was possible because they often made the impossible happen.”
John Sellers,
Dragonfly Review of Books
“A remarkable feat of impassioned storytelling.”
David Abram, author, Spell of the Sensuous (Pantheon, 1996)
“Narrated with panache .. international espionage, dodgy political maneuvering, heavy intellectual inquiry and precipitous confrontations.”
The Post & Courier, Charleston, South Carolina
"Good history .. wonderfully well-told 600-page epic."
New Scientist, 27 November 2004
“illuminating … inspiring … well-written .. a keen knack for storytelling. .”
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, May-June, 2005
“chronicles the fusion of … the budding environmentalist and long-standing anti-war movements … warts and all … Greenpeace and its myriad of issues … interdenominational squabbles.”
New Zealand Listener, Matt Nippert
“vivid tales .. an engrossing cast of characters .. an achievement worthy of its subject.”
Vancouver Sun
“Heady times … Something happened here, and it really mattered.”
The Georgia Straight, Vancouver
“Journalism … skillfully paced and compiled … Don’t be surprised if this book changes the way you look at the world around you, in fact, expect nothing less.”
Brock University Press, St. Catharines, Ontario
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Comments from Greenpeace insiders:
“At last, someone told the real story.”
Dorothy Stowe, co-founder of Greenpeace
“A masterpiece. What a colossal piece of work! Weyler has captured the absolute peak experience of it all, the personal battles, the movement of history, and the global breakthroughs. He nailed it.”
Robert Hunter, co-founder and first president of Greenpeace
“Best book on Greenpeace .. scholarly … historical approach with special attention to the facts.”
Paul Watson, Sea Shepherd Society
“A remarkable book, fast moving, colourful, and emotionally engaging. One could have hardly found a better skilled and more even handed chronicler of these extraordinary events. Weyler is a great storyteller. And these are great stories.”
Peter Tabuns, former Executive Director, Greenpeace Canada, 2004
“I’ve read every history of Greenpeace I could get my hands on, and this one’s the best … captures the revolutionary zeal and shifting social forces of the time, the music that was being played, and the politics that were coming down. He captures a lot of magic and fun, and deals with the inevitable conflicts between strong-willed individuals with an even-handedness and generosity of spirit.”
Brian Fitzgerald, Greenpeace International, New Media Director
“Your book explains all the excitement and the brass balls of the atmosphere that I walked into at Greenpeace. It’s at once exciting, humorous and inspirational. Great work, well written. I haven’t read a book for years which I literally couldn’t put down. Yours is in that category. It should win awards.”
Peter Wilkinson, Former Director, Greenpeace UK
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