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  1. Memory Hold-the-Door is a 1940 autobiographical memoir by the Scottish writer John Buchan. It was published posthumously, Buchan having died in February of that year. In the United States the book was released under the title Pilgrim's Way.

    • John Buchan
    • 1940
  2. 25 de out. de 2019 · A free online book that chronicles the life and career of the Scottish author and statesman John Buchan, from his childhood in the Border country to his service as Governor General of Canada. The book covers his education at Oxford, his literary achievements, his involvement in World War I, and his reflections on his later years.

  3. John Buchan said that he might write his memoirs one day, but meanwhile here were just a few reflections on particular seasons of his life. All too soon, he would die of a stroke, performing his duties at Government House in Ottawa, so these were among his last jottings.

  4. 19 de out. de 2010 · John Buchan said that he might write his memoirs one day, but meanwhile here were just a few reflections on particular seasons of his life. All too soon, he would die of a stroke, performing his duties at Government House in Ottawa, so these were among his last jottings.

  5. This book is a journal of certain experiences, not written in the experiencing moment, but rebuilt out of memory. As we age, the mystery of Time more and more dominates the mind. We live less in the present, which no longer has the solidity that it had in youth; less in the future, for the future every day narrows its span.

  6. John Buchan 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, had a remarkable life and here is his wonderfully written and fascinating memoir. Buchan can very readily be described as a man of empire, serving in the army during the Boer war and becoming a diplomat and well read historian of the First World War, he settled as Governor General of Canada in 1935 having travelled the world in official posts for the British ...

  7. Memory Hold-The-Door John Buchan Limited preview - 2015. Memory Hold-the-door John Buchan Snippet view - 1940. View all ...