About this ebook
《爱的奇幻历险》是由纽约时报畅销作家克雷格˙布沙尔(Craig
T. Bouchard)创作的奇幻历史小说，这部作品呈现的故事融合了艺术、音乐、诗词、历史和数学。这趟文艺之旅随着一页页的图像，从一个父亲对三个女儿所说的床边故事开始发展。透过父亲精彩的描述，三个女儿随之时光旅行回到二十年前，探索日本东京的一个家族自十五世纪初以来坚守的惊人秘密。我们将会随着一个名为「爱」的十一岁小女孩，踏上一段发生在五百年前北日本的惊奇之旅。在虚实交织的故事里，虚构角色和真实世界的名人相互交流互动，读者经由这个超过五百年历史的传奇穿越古今，揭开那个异于常人的日本家族祖先惊人又真实的一面。小说的目标读者是九到十四岁的孩子，以及他们的「虎爸、虎妈」，但所有的读者都将会被这个精彩、有益的故事所吸引。虽然故事中的主角爱只有十一岁，但是她是我们渴望成为的人。爱是个真正的生存者，她的故事寓意很简单─她从不放弃。
精心设计的情节精巧地藏在故事中，作者还设计了一套生存指引给当代的青春期前
的孩子，让他们成为体贴、独立、坚强的人，并准备好迎向这个世界。作者巧妙地向他们挑战，好让他们能在学校里崭露头角，并克服现代生活中的种种困难。
About the author
Craig is a New York Times Best Selling author. “The Caterpillar Way. Lessons in Leadership, Growth and Shareholder Value” debuted in October of 2013, reaching #1 on the Barnes & Noble Best Seller List, and #8 on the New York Times Best Seller list in the business category. James V. Koch was once again Craig’s co-author. (McGraw Hill.)
Craig became the Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of Signature Group Holdings (OTCQX: SGGH) in June, 2013 after leading a hostile proxy battle to remove the company’s board. This was Craig’s second successful hostile take-over on Wall Street.
Craig is also the founder and current Chairman of the Board of Cambelle-Inland, LLC, a private company named after his daughter. Cambelle-Inland houses Craig’s investment activities in the steel industry and his investment in China. Joining Craig on the Board of Cambelle-Inland is Quincy Jones, legendary musician, composer and producer, Yue-Sai Kan, perhaps the most significant businesswoman of this generation in China, Investor Raj Maheshwari, and Clifford Perlman, the CEO who built Caesars Palace to a position of world prominence.
In 2010 Craig founded Shale-Inland, named for his daughter Shale, and his father’s company, Inland Steel. Shale-Inland is the nation’s leading master distributor of stainless steel pipe, valves and fittings, stamped and fabricated parts to the US energy industry. The company is rated B3, with revenues approaching $1 billion.
In 2004, Craig co-founded and became the President of Esmark Inc. Esmark accomplished the first hostile reverse tender merger in Wall Street history and became the 4th largest American steel company when its revenues grew from $4 million in 2003 to $3.5 billion in 2008. This story is chronicled in “America For Sale, How the Foreign Pack Circled and Devoured Esmark. Copyright 2009 Craig T. Bouchard and James V. Koch, (ABC-CLIO.)
Craig was a Senior Vice President at the First National Bank of Chicago, (now JPM/Chase). His career there spanned 19 years. In the 150-year history of the bank, Craig was the 3nd youngest individual to rise to the level of Senior Vice President. He was the Head of Asia Pacific, living in Hong Kong And Tokyo, and later became The Global Head of Derivative Trading and Quantitative Research.
Craig holds a Bachelor’s degree from Illinois State University (1975), a Master’s Degree in Economics from Illinois State University (1977), and an MBA from the University of Chicago (1981). He has been a member of the Board of Trustees of Boston University and the Foundation of the University of Montana. He is currently a member of the Board of the Department of Athletics, Duke University. Craig is an alumnus of Leadership Greater Chicago, and was a finalist for the Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year award (Illinois) in the year 2005.
Craig was elected to the Hall of Fame of the Illinois State University College of Arts and Sciences in 2008. He is a member of the Hall of Fame of Hinsdale Central Township High School. Craig holds United States Patent 4,212,168, Power Producing Dry-Type Cooling Systems.
Craig is married to Melissa N. Bouchard and is the proud father of six children: Kai, Justin, Patrick, Shale, Cambelle, and Braidy.