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The journals of Canadian diplomat Charles Ritchie have long been regarded as standards of the genre. In the words of George Woodcock, "The classic memoir has been presented in the three beautifully written volumes of Charles Ritchie's journals, showing that from the rich experience of a Canadian public servant, literature can be created."
The Siren Years, the first volume of Ritchie's valuable record, won a Governor General's Award in 1974
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The Siren Years, the first volume of Ritchie's valuable record, won a Governor General's Award in 1974
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“Open these volumes anywhere and you will be rewarded with a razor-sharp profile of an individual, an original insight into the world affairs of the moment, a description of a room or a landscape startling in its visual sensuality, and at least one or two sentences that will make you laugh aloud.”
–Jane Urquhart, Brick magazine
“For anyone allured by diaries, here is a brilliant discovery. Charles Ritchie is a natural-born diarist.”
–C. P. Snow
“One of the great diarists of our time.”
–Globe and Mail
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- PublisherMacmillan, Toronto
- Publication date1974
- ISBN 10 0770511929
- ISBN 13 9780770511920
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
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The Siren Years: A Canadian Diplomat Abroad 1937-1945
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The Macmillan Company of Canada, Toronto, 1974
ISBN 10: 0770511929
ISBN 13: 9780770511920
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Canadfian Edition. Ritchie's diaries start in 1937 Washington and end in Ottawa in 1945. Book has usual library attachments and protected DJ is taped to book. Book is tight and square. Foreword. 209 pp. plus: Epilogue, Index. SIGNED by author in blue ink with an uphill slant. Bookseller's Inventory # 165331. By Author. Seller Inventory # 005331
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