Margaret Prescott Montague
Appearance
Margaret Prescott Montague | |
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Born | White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia | November 29, 1878
Died | September 26, 1955 Richmond, Virginia | (aged 76)
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]
Awards
- 1919 O. Henry Award
Works
- Deep channel. Atlantic Monthly Press.
- 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
- "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
- ^ http://www.fairmontstate.edu/wvfolklife/literarymap/a_montague_m.shtml
- ^ See Atlantic Classics (1st edition) compare with Atlantic Classics (2nd edition).
- ^ "The Last Tenth". Harper's Magazine. November 1, 1926.
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0598780/
Further reading
- Holcomb Stakley, Marjoriebell; Wood, Sharon (1989). Deaf Women: A Parade Through the Decades (First ed.). Berkeley, California: Dawn Sign Press.
External links
- 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 the Internet Archive
- Works by Margaret Prescott Montague at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
Categories:
- 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
- Protestant mystics
- People from White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia