Ted
Rowe
Ted Rowe is a real estate broker, musician, traveler, food and wine enthusiast, and community volunteer. He has written two books about Heart’s Content, North America’s pioneer telegraph cable town: Heroes & Rogues and the Story of Heart’s Content and Connecting the Continents: Heart’s Content and the Atlantic Cable. In Newfoundland, he divides his time between St. John’s and Heart’s Content, and he spends the winter in Palm Desert, California.
Videos
Ted Rowe on his award-nominated book “Robert Bond: The Greatest Newfoundlander”
Award History
2017 Finalist
Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writingfor Robert Bond: The Greatest Newfoundlander
Jury Citation
“Ted Rowe seamlessly weaves together the biography of Robert Bond, Newfoundland’s first prime minister, with the overarching story of the island’s evolution from colony to dominion. Rowe follows Bond’s journey from an “uneventful” childhood and English education, through his early years in elected life, to his tenure in the province’s highest political office. Drawing on Bond’s own voluminous personal papers, the depth and scope of Rowe’s research shines. Robert Bond makes a convincing case for recognizing the man as one of the greatest, if not the greatest, Newfoundlander.” – 2017 Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing Jury (Taiaiake Alfred, Joseph Heath, and Kady O’Malley)
