March 10, 2026
Reviews are coming in for The Price of Gold!
In The Seaboard Review, Dawn McDonald calls the book “thorough and compulsively readable,” noting “the authors’ exhaustive research, supported and guided by local experts from Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities, covers a wide range of document sources as well as fresh oral history.”
In the Literary Review of Canada, Ron Verzuh offers a critical reflection on the Giant story, and a positive assessment of the book’s combination of scholarship with readability. He writes, “Academic writers can clutter their prose with obfuscating terms. Not these two. Sandlos and Keeling have backed up their history with clear-eyed research and deep digging into fact-filled reports, some of them hidden from public view. Although making every effort to be fair, they are certain of their mission to expose wrongdoing.”
The Price of Gold was also featured in the March 2026 issue of Canada’s History (formerly, The Beaver), alongside an interview with co-author John Sandlos. Reviewer Kamila Costello comments that, “while scholarly in its depth, the writing remains approachable, and for those willing to linger, the reward is a layered, sobering account that situates industrial development within the longer history of colonialism in Canada.”
Thanks to these reivewers–and don’t forget you can find more media and read an excerpt on the book publisher’s page and judge for yourself!