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John Buchan

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(1875 - 1940)

John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir (26 August 1875 – 11 February 1940) was a Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada, the 15th since Canadian Confederation.



Bibliography

Adventures Of Richard Hannay (1919)

Richard Hannay is an ordinary fellow caught up in extraordinary events in England and Scotland. This volume contains The Thirty-nine Steps, Greenmantle and Mr. Standfast. Read online at Hathitrust.

Author(s): John Buchan
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

The House of the Four Winds (1935)

This is the third of the mystery novels featuring Dickson McCunn in which he and his friends help a young prince fight for his throne.

Author(s): John Buchan
Illustrator(s): Frank Schoonover

The Man from the Norlands (1936)

Sir Richard Hannay gathers his old comrades to assist ‘the man from the Norlands’ to rescue his daughter.

Author(s): John Buchan
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

Prester John (1910)

A young Scot goes out to South Africa where he becomes caught up in a native rebellion. This is a later American edition.

Author(s): John Buchan
Illustrator(s): Henry C. Pitz

Salute to Adventurers (1930)

Adventures of a Scotch lad in Virginia in the early days of colonization.

The cover image shown above is from the 1915 edition.

Author(s): John Buchan
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

The Thirty-Nine Steps (1950)

Richard Hannay has returned to England from Rhodesia and is immediately embroiled in a German plot to steal British military secrets.

Author(s): John Buchan
Illustrator(s): N. C. Wyeth

The Thirty-Nine Steps (1964)

A novel of adventure and intrigue in the run up to World War I. This marks the first appearance of Richard Hannay.

Author(s): John Buchan
Illustrator(s): Edward Ardizzone

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