Joseph Howe, a Nova Scotian political activist and newspaper editor in 1840, is challenged to a pistol duel on a charge of libel from the son of the chief justice, John Halliburton.
Joseph Howe, a newspaper editor and political activist, is challenged to a duel by the hotheaded son of the chief justice of the supreme court. Feeling as though he has to fight, Howe confronts Halliburton but proves that the pen is mightier than the sword.—Michael Fox