About Sydney Gordon Sydney Gordon (1915-1984) was a childhood friend and collaborator of Ted Allan in Montreal. Books by Sydney Gordon The Voyageur Canadian Biographies 5-Book Bundle The Firebrand / Mrs. Simcoe's Diary / The Scalpel, the Sword / The Men of the Last Frontier / Pilgrims of the Wild by (author) Grey Owl, Sydney Gordon, Mary Quayle Innis, Elizabeth Posthuma Simcoe & William Kilbourn introduction by James Polk, Michael Gnarowski, Julie Allan, Norman Bethune Allan, Susan Ostrovsky & Ronald Stagg foreword by Hugh Eayrs The Scalpel, the Sword The Story of Doctor Norman Bethune by (author) Ted Allan & Sydney Gordon introduction by Julie Allan, Norman Bethune Allan & Susan Ostrovsky