James Buchan

The Scot who became more Canadian than the Canadians

By focusing on one man in John Buchan: Model Governor General, J. William Galbraith casts a clear sidelight on a dying British empire

Lord Tweedsmuir and President Franklin D. Roosevelt Photo: Time & Life/Getty
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  • John Buchan: Model Governor General

    J. William Galbraith

    Dundurn, pp. 533

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