Bill Rowe - The Premiers Joey and Frank: Greed, Power, and Lust

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Rosie ODell

Rosie ODell is one of those books with such brilliant writing as to lull you into forgetting youre actually reading.

The Pilot

Yes, its Bill Rowe back this time with his third novel, which I think is by far his best. Probably one of the better novels to come out in the past few years depending on your own tastes, of course.

The Northeast Avalon Times

[A] deeply emotional page-turner by one of the countrys finest writers.

Megan Murphy, Indigo

This is a terrific story that hinges on a woman who is like quicksilver, running through all the cracks.

The Globe and Mail

Its well-written (Rowe is an experienced and accomplished writer), the characters are excellently drawn and much of the writing is just plain funny.

The PEI Guardian

There is not a false note in this book. All the characters are drawn with skillful insight, the descriptions are so vibrant you can almost hear the water and feel the mist of St. Johns, Newfoundland. Although it has elements of a thriller, this is no gothic soap opera, but rather a brilliantly crafted look into the hearts and souls of ordinary people who are thrown into extraordinary circumstances.

Atlantic Books Today

This novel is a real page-turner, with lots of tension and mystery.

The Telegram

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Danny Williams, Please Come Back

I started to really appreciate Rowes ability to narrow down a topic and come up with something pithy and witty to say about it, week after week.

The Telegram

Like any columnist worth his salt Rowe is provocative and a number of the columns deal with topics whose lessons are still relevant.

The Newfoundland Quarterly

Rowes columns on Williamss persona, bellicose manner and political antics truly shine. What Danny Should Do in the Crab War? (May 7, 2005) puts a delightful Shakespearian twist on Williamss strategic positioning; Is Danny a Dictator? (June 25, 2 005) will stand as a classic.

The Chronicle Herald

A brisk read and a fine book to have in your personal library.

The Compass

[Rowe] does it all, of course, with his usual blend of

droll good humour and common sense.

The Globe and Mail

With a mind and a pen as sharp as a paper cut, the elegant, affable Rowe remains Newfoundlands literary agent provocateur, provoking, teasing, sometimes coddling his subjects, but all the time digging towards truths that cause discomfort for the provinces Whos Who and everyman alike.

The Business Post

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Danny Williams: The War with Ottawa

Interesting book about a successful Canadian politician...

The Globe and Mail

Bill Rowes Danny Williams: The War with Ottawa is an enjoyable read.

Tim Powers

[ Danny Williams: The War with Ottawa ] is captivating.

[Bill Rowe] spares no punches.

The Compass

The most interesting political book to

be released in Canada in some time...

The Business Post

Rowes Ottawa chronicle [is] absorbing, humorous.

The Telegram

I quickly realized that this was not going to be a dry political memoir. To the contrary, not only is the book interesting and revealing of this contentious time, it is very funny in places.

The Chronicle Herald

An exciting read.

The Newfoundland Quarterly

[One of] three of this years most controversial and

talked about political books.

The House, CBC Radio

Rowe has a more humanistic side to politics. It is as if a citizen managed to be a fly on the wall while Danny Williams fought.

Current Magazine

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Danny Williams: The War with Ottawa

An eye-opening, often hilariously funny, account of

life among Ottawa power brokers and civil servants.

Canadian Lawyer Magazine

Bill Rowe has a lot to say. There are dozens of

interesting stories told, and comments passed on...

The Northeast Avalon Times

A fascinating and frequently funny read.

Downhome

Written with the knowledge and insight that only an insider could possess, this book (sub-titled The Inside Story of a Hired Gun) is a timely reminder of the duplicity of far too many of our elected leadersno matter what their political stripe. Atlantic Books Today

The writers good English style rare today his knowledge of all kinds of personalities in the political world and his misadventures in getting a basic office set up (which took six of the eight months he was there) all make for amusing and exciting reading. The PEI Guardian

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The Premiers

Joey and Frank

Greed, Power, and Lust

BILL ROWE

flanker press limited

st. johns

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication

Rowe, William N. (William Neil), 1942-, author

The premiers Joey and Frank : greed, power, and lust / Bill Rowe.

Includes index.

Issued in print and electronic formats.

ISBN 978-1-77117-266-0 (pbk.).--ISBN 978-1-77117-267-7 (epub).--

ISBN 978-1-77117-268-4 (kindle)

1. Rowe, William N. (William Neil), 1942-. 2. Smallwood, Joseph

R., 1900-1991. 3. Moores, Frank D. (Frank Duff), 1933-2005.

4. Newfoundland and Labrador--Politics and government--20th century.

I. Title.

FC2175.1.R68A3 2013 971.804 C2013-905122-8

C2013-905123-6

2013 by Bill Rowe

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Cover Design: Graham Blair

Edited by Paul Butler and Bruce Lilly

Cover photos: Joseph Roberts Smallwood courtesy of the Centre for Newfoundland Studies Archives (J.R. Smallwood Collection 075, 5.05.061), Memorial University of Newfoundland Library, St. Johns, Newfoundland; Frank Moores courtesy of The Rooms Provincial Archives, A 86-68

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In memory of my mother and father,

Edith Butt of Woody Point and Fred Rowe of Lewisporte

Contents

Authors Note

For years I had close political involvement, as colleague or adversary, with Joey Smallwood and Frank Moores. This book is my memoir of those first two premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador and the cast of characters around them.

The book is not a work of historical research. It consists almost entirely of my own memories and reminiscences, some of which have been sparked by conversations with acquaintances and by clippings, notes, and documents in my personal files.