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Margaret Prescott (or Preston) Montague (29 November 1878 – 26 September 1955) was an American short story England to America writer, and novelist.[1] Her middle name is sometimes attributed as Preston before changing to Prescott.[2]

Margaret Prescott Montague
Born	(1878-11-29)November 29, 1878 White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia
Died	September 26, 1955(1955-09-26) (aged 76) Richmond, Virginia
Occupation	Writer (novelist)
Nationality	American
Period	20th century
Genre	Fiction

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

• 1919 O. Henry Award

Works

• 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

• "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

Further reading

• Holcomb Stakley, Marjoriebell; Wood, Sharon (1989). Deaf Women: A Parade Through the Decades (First ed.). Berkeley, California: Dawn Sign Press.

External links

• 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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