Robert Ashe

ROBERT ASHE is a Halifax native who has worked as a sportswriter, street columnist and crime reporter. For twenty-five years he worked as a communications specialist with the national defense research and development agency. He is the author of five books, including Halifax Champion: Black Power in Gloves, They Called Me Chocolate Rocket, Seven Days in Halifax, 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 lives with his wife Brenda in Ottawa.

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  • They Called Me Chocolate Rocket

    The incredible story of John Paris Jr, hockey's first Black professional coach whose life was equally compelling on and off the ice.

    $22.95, Paperback
  • Halifax Champion

    A talented Canadian boxing champion from Halifax battles opponents in and out of the ring during a time of transformation in for his city and his community as the Black population emerges as a social and political force during the 1960s and 1970s.

    $19.95, Paperback
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