Margaret Prescott Montague
Margaret Prescott Montague | |
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| Born | November 29, 1878 White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia |
| Died | September 26, 1955 (aged 76) Richmond, Virginia |
| Occupation | Writer (novelist) |
| Nationality | American |
| Period | 20th century |
| Genre | Fiction |
Margaret Prescott (or Preston) Montague (29 November 1878 – 26 September 1955) was an American short story writer, and novelist.[1] Her middle name is sometimes attributed as Preston before changing to Prescott.[2]
Her work appeared in Harper's among other places.[3]
Her novels were adapted into the films Linda (1929), Calvert's Valley (1922), Uncle Sam of Freedom Ridge (1920) and Seeds of Vengeance (1920)[4] from The Sowing of Alderson Cree.
Awards[edit]
- 1919 O. Henry Award
Works[edit]
- Deep channel. Atlantic Monthly Press. 1923.
- The Sowing of Alderson Cree. The Baker & Taylor company. 1907.
Margaret Prescott Montague.
- In Calvert's Valley. The Baker & Taylor Company. 1908. (reprint. Kessinger Publishing, LLC. 2007. ISBN 978-0-548-25964-1.)
- Closed doors: studies of deaf and blind children. Houghton Mifflin Company. 1915.
Margaret Prescott Montague.
- Of water and the Spirit. E.P. Dutton & Company. 1916.
- "On Authors". Atlantic classics. Atlantic Monthly Press. 1918. p. 124.
Margaret Prescott Montague.
- Uncle Sam of Freedom Ridge. Doubleday, Page & Company. 1920.
Margaret Prescott Montague.
- England to America. Doubleday, Page & Company. 1920.
- Up Eel River. The Macmillan company. 1928.
Stories[edit]
- "The Will to Go". The Atlantic monthly. Vol. 127. Atlantic Monthly Co. 1921.
- "Why It Was W-On-The-Eyes". The Atlantic monthly. Vol. 111. Atlantic Monthly Co. 1913.
- Charles Swain Thomas, ed. (1918). "Of Water and the Spirit". Atlantic narratives: modern short stories. The Atlantic Monthly Press. p. 310.
Margaret Prescott Montague.
- "England to America". O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1919. BiblioBazaar, LLC. 2008. ISBN 978-0-554-33436-3.
References[edit]
- ^ "Margaret Prescott Montague [pseudonym Jane Steger]* | West Virginia Folklife Center | Fairmont State University". Archived from the original on 2012-02-22. Retrieved 2009-10-15.
- ^ See Atlantic Classics (1st edition) compare with Atlantic Classics (2nd edition).
- ^ "The Last Tenth". Harper's Magazine. November 1, 1926.
- ^ "Margaret Prescott Montague". IMDb.
Further reading[edit]
- Holcomb Stakley, Marjoriebell; Wood, Sharon (1989). Deaf Women: A Parade Through the Decades (First ed.). Berkeley, California: Dawn Sign Press.
External links[edit]
- West Virginia & Regional History Center at West Virginia University, Margaret Prescott Montague, Author, Papers
Media related to Margaret Prescott Montague at Wikimedia Commons- Works by Margaret Prescott Montague at Project Gutenberg
- Works by Margaret Prescott Montague at Faded Page (Canada)
- Works by or about Margaret Prescott Montague at Internet Archive
- Works by Margaret Prescott Montague at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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- 1878 births
- 1955 deaths
- 20th-century American novelists
- 20th-century American short story writers
- 20th-century American women writers
- 20th-century Christian mystics
- American women novelists
- American women short story writers
- Appalachian writers
- Novelists from West Virginia
- O. Henry Award winners
- Protestant mystics
- People from White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia