2005 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Winner
![The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed of John the Painter, First Modern](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581040384-7169-image-3.jpg)
The Golden Spruce: A True Story of Myth, Madness and Greed of John the Painter, First Modern
John Vaillant
On a bleak winter night in 1997, a British Columbia timber scout named Grant Hadwin committed an act of shocking violence: he destroyed the legendary Golden Spruce of the Queen Charlotte Islands. With its rich colours, towering height and luminous needles,…
2005 Governor General’s Literary Award – Non-fiction Shortlist
![Riding with Rilke: Reflections on Motorcycles and Books](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580965645-2466-image-3.jpg)
Riding with Rilke: Reflections on Motorcycles and Books
Ted Bishop
![The Incendiary: The Misadventures Terrorist](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581008273-4522-image-3.jpg)
The Incendiary: The Misadventures Terrorist
Jessica Warner
![The Molly Fire](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1581060611-7939-image-3.jpg)
The Molly Fire
Michael Mitchell
![Written in the Flesh: A History of Desire](https://www.awardsarchive.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/1580937836-59960-image-3.jpg)