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Canada from Afar: The Daily Telegraph Book of Canadian Obituaries
Canada from Afar: The Daily Telegraph Book of Canadian Obituaries
Canada from Afar: The Daily Telegraph Book of Canadian Obituaries
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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.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherDundurn
Release dateJul 25, 1996
ISBN9781459714373
Canada from Afar: The Daily Telegraph Book of Canadian Obituaries
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Conrad Black

Conrad Black is a former newspaper publisher whose company Hollinger International published The Daily Telegraph (UK), Chicago Sun-Times (U.S.), The Jerusalem Post (Israel), and The National Post (Canada). He is the author of several acclaimed works including his autobiography, A Life in Progress, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Champion of Freedom, and Richard M. Nixon: A Life in Full. Black was born in Montreal and is now a British citizen.

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