ROBERT ASHE is an award-winning journalist who was raised on the outskirts of Halifax. He is the author of three books, including Even the Babe Came to Play about a New Brunswick baseball team during the Great Depression, and a collection of columns about life in Saint John entitled, Just Enough Fog to Keep It Cool. He holds a Masters of Journalism degree from Carleton and works for the federal government in Ottawa.

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  Seven Days in Halifax

  Robert Ashe

  Brings to life a dramatic and forgotten episode in Halifax’s recent history, where the ignorance, incompetence and racism of the city’s power structure was laid bare.

  $27.95, Paperback
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  They Called Me Chocolate Rocket

  John Paris, Jr., Robert Ashe

  Inside the world of professional hockey, from a unique vantage point

  $22.95, Paperback
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  Halifax Champion

  Robert Ashe

  This book is both sports biography and social history, following the life and career of the enigmatic prize fighter Dave Downey who won the Canadian middleweight championship and defended his title five times before retiring.

  $19.95, Paperback