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L. M. Montgomery
Collins, Carolyn Strom. “L. M. Montgomery: Accidental Historian: Discovering Fragments Of Island History In Montgomery’S Stories”. The Shining Scroll (2012): 27. Print.
It is well-known that L. M. Montgomery imbedded true stories of Prince Edward Island in many of her fictional stories. In so doing, she created, coincidentally and perhaps accidentally, a sort of historical record – a “cultural memory” – of the Island and its people. Two stories, especially, illustrate this point, although there are many more in the 500+ list of stories. “A Pioneer Wooing” and “A Will, A Way, and a Woman” are the two I shall discuss here., Source type: Print(0), http://www.weebly.com/uploads/2/2/6/5/226525/the_shining_scroll_2012_part_1.pdf