Gordon Sinclair
Gordon Allan Sinclair, OC , FRGS (June 3, 1900 – May 17, 1984) was a Canadian radio journalist and commentator.Born in Toronto, Ontario, in 1922, Sinclair joined the ''Toronto Star'' as a reporter. He wrote four books about his travels as a journalist: ''Footloose in India'', ''Cannibal Quest'', ''Loose Among the Devils'' and ''Khyber Caravan''.In 1942, Sinclair submitted a number of brief radio reports to Toronto radio station CFRB, the station he would be associated with for the remainder of his career. In 1943, he left the ''Star'' and became a full-time radio personality. In 1957, he also began a career in television, as a panelist on the CBC series ''Front Page Challenge''.In 1979 he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.On June 5, 1973, following the American withdrawal from the Vietnam War, Sinclair recorded what would become his most famous radio editorial, "The Americans." While paying tribute to American success, ingenuity, and generosity to people in need abroad, Sinclair decried that when America faced crisis itself, it often seemed to face that crisis alone.His editorial became a phenomenon on American radio, and was released on record with all profits going to the American Red Cross. In 1981, when Ronald Reagan made his first state visit to Canada, he praised Sinclair as a figure who had given the United States a wonderful and inspiring tribute in one of its darkest hours.''The Americans'' was widely revived on the Internet, radio and newspapers in 2001, following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, and again in 2005 in the devastating aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. Some revivals of the message incorrectly state that it was newly written as a direct response to recent crises; in this question of its authorship alone, the address has become a part of urban legend.Sinclair died of heart failure on May 17, 1984. A major Canadian award for journalistic excellence has been named after him.Sinclair's eldest son, Gordon Sinclair, Jr., was also a radio journalist.
Published Works
- ''Foot-loose in India: adventures of a news chaser from Khyber's grim gash of death to the tiger jungles of Bengal and the Burmese battle ground of the black cobra''. 1933. Oxford University Press.
- ''Cannibal Quest''. 1935. Doubleday, Doran & Gundy.
- ''Loose Among Devils: a voyage from Devil's Island to those jungles of West Africa labelled "the white man's grave''. 1935. Doubleday, Doran & Gundy.
- ''Khyber Caravan: through Kashmir, Waziristan, Afghanistan, Baluchistan and Northern India'' 1936. Simon & Schuster of Canada. ISBN 0671801783
- ''Bright Paths to Adventure''. 1945. McClelland & Stewart.
- ''Will the Real Gordon Sinclair Please Stand Up''. 1966. McClelland & Stewart.
- ''Will Gordon Sinclair Please Sit Down''. 1975. McClelland & Stewart. ISBN 0771081634Sinclair, Gordon
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