Nimbus, Halifax, NS, 2004, 1^st.  ISBN 1-55109-495-9.   Trade soft cover, 142 pages.  Unread copy; tight binding; interior clean and unmarked; black & white illustrations by David Preston Smith.  ‘What do cunning smugglers, a newspaper, and a battle for freedom of the press have to do with an ordinary boy living in Halifax in 1834?  A twist of fate lands twelve-year-old Jack Dance a job at The Novascotian, Joe Howe’s legendary newspaper.  Little does Jack realize that he will be swept up in a series of unpredictable - and sometimes dangerous - adventures.’ (from rear wrap)