The father of freedom of the press, a pioneer in the fight for responsible government, advocate for public education, groundbreaking journalist and honoured statesman - Joseph Howe has had a profound and lasting influence on Nova Scotia and, indeed, all of Canada. On the 200th anniversary of his birth, this unique book explores his ongoing legacy. Fiercely loyal to Nova Scotia, Howe was a romantic and a humanist, with a vision that's every bit as relevant today as it was in the 19th century.

Michael Bawtree has worked in Canadian theatre and television for over forty years, and is the author of a number of plays, including The Last Days of the Tsars (Clare, Irwin), and a book on music theatre, The New Singing Theatre (Oxford University Press). Founding artistic director of the Atlantic Theatre Festival in Nova Scotia, he has also served as associate director of the Stratford Festival in Ontario and was for many years director of drama at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. He is currently executive director of the Joseph Howe Initiative, celebrating Joe Howe in his two-hundredth-birthday year.

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Trevor J. Adams grew up in Digby County and studied journalism at the University of King’s College. He’s been living and writing in Halifax ever since. Currently, Trevor is the editor of Where and Halifax Magazine, and contributes regularly to East Coast Living. He’s also a two-time Atlantic Journalism Award finalist and the co-author of Today’s Joe Howe.

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