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Lucy Maud Montgomery Album

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If you are looking for a thoroughly researched and painstakenly complete volume on this author, look no further. This highly entertaining book is a must to all fans of the author, and gives many knew insights even to long time fans. I highly recommend it.

I was amazed at the depth of research, photos and overall information presented in this album. It leaves NO stone unturned in her personal and professional life and is an honest and fond tribute to such a unique woman. Can't recommend this book highly enough. I am a HUGE "Anne fan" and have read all of LMM's books and had VERY high expectations upon receiving this album. It surpassed them all. This is a true classic and one that you will open again and again thru the years.

This book has the most complete collection of photos by and about L.M. Montgomery. It also contains text that explains each photo and has many interesting articles about Maud through the various stages of her life from beginning to end. There are also sections dedicated to film and other renderings of Anne, Emily, etc. This is a must-have for those interested in Anne of Green Gables or her creator.

David Rehak
author of "Love and Madness"

This is a thick book with lots of photos from L.M. Montgomery's life. It has a great deal of information and is interesting. I think the print they used is too small and difficult to read. Am I glad I bought it? Yes.

This is a wonderful compendium of all things L.M. Montgomery that is sure to delight fans of the author and her works. I ordered a used copy since I wanted to own the hardcover version (which always seems to last longer compared to the paperbacks I own).Within the pages of this weighty tome, one can discover facts about the author - her life and work. There are over 400 photographs and illustrations and around 100 articles. There are essays by scholars and experts on the author, and also the author's own correspondence which shed light on this complex woman who became one of Canada's most renowned authors.

The chapter headings give the reader an idea of how the book has been organized (with lots of illustrations and photographs scattered throughout):
Chapter 1: The Land She was Born To
Chapter 2: Childhood in P.E.I. 1874-1890
Chapter 3: Starting Fresh in Saskatchewan, 1890-1
Chapter 4: The Happiest Years of My Life, 1891-1898
Chapter 5: Early Writing Career, 1899-1902
Chapter 6: Return to Cavendish, 1903-1911
Chapter 7: Ontario
Part A. Leaskdale, 1911-1926
Part B. Norval, 1926-35
Part C. Toronto, 1935-42
Chapter 8: Montgomery On Stage and Screen
Chapter 9: LMM Festivals
Chapter 10: Shades of L.M. Montgomery
Chapter 11: Anne International
Chapter 12: Anne in Academia

There is also an Appendix with a Family Tree (Macneill and Montgomery), footnotes, bibliography, contributors' biographies, index, and archives, amongst others. This is a well-researched and well-compiled compendium on facts and trivia about L.M. Montgomery which will complement the library of any fan of the author.

For those who cannot get enough of the life of "Anne of Green Gables" creator L. M. Montgomery, this book may be the perfect solution to that problem. The album is stuffed with pictures and information about anything the reader could possibly want to know, and perhaps a few things he or she had never thought to ask. Though the book is supposed to be scholarly work, there is relatively few critical pieces of anything about the life and world of Montgomery. Perhaps in a few years a more balanced approach will be published.

Esperaba encontrar alguna foto color. Ya se que las fotos viejas de L. M. Montogomery tienen que ser en blanco y negro, pero esperaba fotos color de los lugares, la casa, "Green Gable"... Igualmente es un hermoso libro, grande, con muchísima información sobre ella, su vida y sus creaciones... pero yo esperaba un libro con al menos algunas fotos color... cuando lo compré no existía esto de "search inside"...