Memory Hold-the-Door is a 1940 autobiographical memoir by the Scottish writer John Buchan . It was published posthumously, Buchan having died in February of that year. In the United States the book was released under the title Pilgrim's Way. John Buchan, 1940 Hardcover, Very Good, No Dust Jacket 327 pages 1kg 23 x 16.3 4.3 cm