Canada from Afar: The Daily Telegraph Book of Canadian ObituariesDavid Twiston Davies Canada From Afar is the fruit of the remarkable flowering of obituary writing in the London Daily Telegraph during the past ten years. These lively portraits of Canadians are informed, witty, sometimes quirky, occasionally iconoclastic.They include royal courtiers, politicians, businessmen, soldiers, sailors, airmen, scientists, explorers, novelists, artists, and even journalists. Among the prominent Canadians viewed from afar are persons such as Margaret Laurence, Joey Smallwood, K.C. Irving, Raymond Burr and A.J. Casson. |
Contents
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MajorGeneral Harry Letson | 16 |
Billy Browne | 18 |
BrigadierGeneral Swatty Wotherspoon | 143 |
The Marquess of Exeter | 145 |
MajorGeneral Bruce Matthews | 147 |
Omond Solandt | 149 |
Robert Beatty | 152 |
Joan Miller | 155 |
The Dowager Lady Beaverbrook | 157 |
LieutenantColonel Jack Mahony VC | 160 |
Pauline Vanier | 20 |
AJ Casson | 24 |
Beatrice Lillie | 27 |
Hugh Keenleyside | 30 |
Punch Dickins | 34 |
KC Irving | 37 |
Roland Michener | 40 |
Joey Smallwood | 42 |
EPTaylor | 47 |
Bruce Hutchison | 50 |
Sir Robert Gunning Bt | 53 |
Lovat Dickson | 55 |
Lionel Chevrier | 57 |
Professor Gerald Graham | 60 |
Paul Martin | 62 |
Harold Ballard | 66 |
Morley Callaghan | 68 |
Cardinal Léger | 71 |
Eugene Forsey | 75 |
The Reverend John Foote VC | 78 |
Buck Crump | 80 |
Roland Wild | 82 |
MajorGeneral Johnnie Plow | 85 |
Air Marshal Roy Slemon | 87 |
Dr RossTilley | 90 |
GP Purcell | 92 |
Bob Furlong | 94 |
Dr George Laurence | 97 |
Donald Fleming | 99 |
Alistair Campbell | 101 |
Walter Gordon | 103 |
Colonel Fred Tilston VC | 105 |
Colonel Charles Stacey | 108 |
Charles Ritchie | 111 |
Hugh MacLennan | 116 |
Brigadier Jim Roberts | 119 |
Andrew Taylor | 122 |
BrigadierGeneral Ben Cunningham | 125 |
Ernest Manning | 128 |
Professor Tuzo Wilson | 133 |
Stewart MacPherson | 136 |
Captain Tom Fuller | 140 |
MajorGeneral John Rockingham | 163 |
MajorGeneral Des Smith | 166 |
George Woodcock | 169 |
Northrop Frye | 172 |
Shaun Herron | 175 |
Flying Phil Gaglardi | 178 |
MajorGeneral Dan Spry | 181 |
Robertson Davies | 183 |
Ross Munro | 187 |
Professor Harry Ferns | 190 |
George Ignatieff | 194 |
Max Dunbar | 197 |
Arnold Smith | 199 |
Hank Wardle | 203 |
General Freddie Sharp | 206 |
Bernard Braden | 208 |
Group Captain George Grant | 210 |
MajorGeneral Norman WilsonSmith | 212 |
Sveva Caetani | 215 |
Wally Floody | 217 |
Captain Tom Pullen | 219 |
Jean Marchand | 222 |
Lucien Cardin | 225 |
General Jacques Dextraze | 227 |
Colonel Bucko Watson | 230 |
Charles Lynch | 233 |
LieutenantGeneral Stan Waters | 236 |
BrigadierGeneral Campbell Mussells | 239 |
LieutenantColonel Raymond Labrosse | 241 |
Steve Roman | 243 |
Esmond Butler | 245 |
Don Jamieson | 247 |
René Lévesque | 249 |
Jack Pierce | 252 |
Margaret Laurence | 254 |
Professor George Story | 256 |
Richard Hatfield | 258 |
Nicholas Pennell | 261 |
Roger Marshall | 263 |
Abbreviations for Awards and Orders | 265 |
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Canada from Afar: The Daily Telegraph Book of Canadian Obituaries David Twiston-Davies Limited preview - 1996 |
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Canada from Afar: The Daily Telegraph Book of Canadian Obituaries David Twiston Davies Limited preview - 1996 |
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