Wordstruck: A MemoirViking, 1989 - 230 sider MacNeil's autobiography re-creates the world of his youth and the experiences that were opened up to him through his love of words. His delight and passion for the music and magic of language, have enabled MacNeil to transmute it into a work of art. Photos. |
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... Ottawa , poetic in retrospect , stifling to the young imagination . Escape for him meant escape to London , as it ... Ottawa seem all the more staid . The poet Roy Campbell had come to Ottawa to lecture ; why not Thomas ? I imagined ...
... Ottawa , poetic in retrospect , stifling to the young imagination . Escape for him meant escape to London , as it ... Ottawa seem all the more staid . The poet Roy Campbell had come to Ottawa to lecture ; why not Thomas ? I imagined ...
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... Ottawa Valley Ex- hibition , rather like a state fair . This year the CBC televised it for the first time - live . The opening found me standing with the director of the " Ex " and his assistant and holding a lollipop mike . I said ...
... Ottawa Valley Ex- hibition , rather like a state fair . This year the CBC televised it for the first time - live . The opening found me standing with the director of the " Ex " and his assistant and holding a lollipop mike . I said ...
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... Ottawa , loves books , music , and travel . Hugh not only prospered in the Navy but rose to the very top . At this writing , he is a Vice Admiral and the Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff in Ottawa . He is as avid a reader and book ...
... Ottawa , loves books , music , and travel . Hugh not only prospered in the Navy but rose to the very top . At this writing , he is a Vice Admiral and the Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff in Ottawa . He is as avid a reader and book ...
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