In this volume, William Lyon Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada for 25 years, tells in his own words of his activities in public life and the events of the momentous years from 1939 to 1944, as recorded in his personal diary.

J.W. PICKERSGILL is now retired from a career in the civil service and politics that spans almost fifty years. He still lives in Ottawa.

" … clear, readable book, which in spite of its length and the difficulty of its subject matter holds the attention of the reader from beginning to end. The Mackenzie King Record is a valuable contribution to the discussion of Canadian politics largely because Mr. Pickersgill has not attempted to simplify either the issues or Mackenzie King's approach to them. Instead he has revealed their subtlety and exhibited as few writers have done the refined detail of Canadian politics which demand for their understanding and practice extraordinary resources of sympathy, skill and experience."

" ... clear, readable book, which in spite of its length and the difficulty of its subject matter holds the attention of the reader from beginning to end. The Mackenzie King Record is a valuable contribution to the discussion of Canadian politics largely because Mr. Pickersgill has not attempted to simplify either the issues or Mackenzie King's approach to them. Instead he has revealed their subtlety and exhibited as few writers have done the refined detail of Canadian politics which demand for their understanding and practice extraordinary resources of sympathy, skill and experience."

" … the most revealing Canadian history book this reviewer has ever read. It is misleading to call it a history book if that conveys the dullness and pedestrianism so often attach to that term in Canada's records. It is rather a 'whodunit', a bit of a scandal-sheet, a war mystery, a romance of great accomplishments in the high places of a world war, a juicy exposé of what went on behind the baize doors of a cabinet, caucus and conference. The sum of it gives the reader an eerie feeling that he has been sitting at the couch-side while one of the strangest and greatest Canadians has 'told all' to his psychiatrist."