About this item
Anne of Green Gables is a worldwide phenomenon that has sold over fifty million copies and inspired numerous films, plays, musicals, and television series. It has turned Prince Edward Island into a multimillion-dollar tourist destination visited by hundreds of thousands of people each year. In The Landscapes of Anne of Green Gables, Catherine Reid reveals how Lucy Maud Montgomery's deep connection to the landscape inspired her to write Anne of Green Gables. From the Lake of Shining Waters and the Haunted Wood to Lover's Lane, readers will be immersed in the real places immortalized in the novel. Using Montgomery's journals, archives, and scrapbooks, Reid explores the many similarities between Montgomery and her unforgettable heroine, Anne Shirley. The lush package includes Montgomery's hand-colorized photographs, the illustrations originally used in Anne of Green Gables, and contemporary and historical photography.
About the Author
An award-winning essayist, teacher and naturalist, Catherine Reid is the author of several works of nonfiction, most recently The Landscapes of Anne of Green Gables. She has taught writing in various venues, including at Warren Wilson College, in Asheville, NC, where she specialized in nonfiction and environmental writing and served as director of the creative writing program. She has received fellowships from the National Endowments of the Arts, the North Carolina Arts Council, the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and the American Antiquarian Society, among others. She gardens and writes in the mountains of North Carolina.
