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A. Paul Gardiner
A businessman-turned-writer from the Glengarry region of Quebec, he is best remembered for The House of Cariboo and Other Tales From Arcadia, a collection of stories with a strong sense of place and local life.
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The House of Cariboo, and Other Tales from Arcadia
by A. Paul Gardiner
About the author
Born on January 11, 1865, in Dundee Township, Huntingdon County, Quebec, A. Paul Gardiner — also listed as Alfred Paul Gardiner or A. P. Gardiner — later made his way to New York City, where he ran his own business before turning to writing.
He is chiefly remembered for The House of Cariboo and Other Tales From Arcadia, published in 1900. The Dictionary of Glengarry Biography also notes that he wrote several other books, though they appear to be quite rare today.
Gardiner died on June 30, 1934. Reliable sources about his life are limited, but the record that survives suggests a writer with roots in Glengarry whose work preserved stories connected to that community.