The Howard Darwin biography that details his remarkable life in a very 'gritty' Ottawa over the last seventy years. "He lived modestly with his fabulous wife Connie, and the street urchin never said goodbye to his heart and soul. There was nothing pretentious about Howard Darwin. He was an everyday, ordinary guy most comfortable in the company of everyday, ordinary people of modest means and tastes and interests, drinking beer, talking sports, kibitzing, favouring the unadorned language and visceral rhythms from the streets of his childhood. Howard Darwin was real." - Earl McRae: The Ottawa Sun; pg. 4, Oct 23, 2009