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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
19 oct. 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.
25 oct. 2019 · 327 pages, 10 unnumbered leaves of plates : 23 cm. American edition published under title: Pilgrim's way. Includes index. Preface -- Wood, Water and Hill -- Ports Musarum -- Oxford -- London Interlude -- Furth Fortune -- The Middle Years -- Inter Arma -- An Ivory Tower and its Prospect -- Parliament -- First and Last Things -- My ...
22 sept. 2022 · memory hold- the- door. by. john buchan. Publication date. 1954. Publisher. hodder and stoughton ltd. Collection. internetarchivebooks; inlibrary; printdisabled.
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. The abiding things ...
First published in 1940, 'Memory Hold-The-Door' is the autobiography of the writer John Buchan, and was completed shortly before his death in early 1940. This covers his school life and his university life, before touching on his career in law, writing and politics amongst others. He seems to spend a lot of text delivering eulogies on friends ...
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 ...
