author
Margaret Prescott Montague
1878–1955
Best known for vivid stories and novels rooted in the southern mountains, this early twentieth-century American writer brought West Virginia landscapes and local life onto the page. Her work ranges from regional fiction to sharper social satire, showing both affection and wit.
3 Audiobooks
Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories; Second Series
by Mary Antin, Elizabeth Ashe, Kathleen Carman, Cornelia A. P. (Cornelia Atwood Pratt) Comer, Mazo De la Roche, Annie Hamilton Donnell, James Edmund Dunning, Rebecca Hooper Eastman, William Addleman Ganoe, Lucy Huffaker, Joseph Husband, S. H. Kemper, Christina Krysto, Ellen Mackubin, Edith Ronald Mirrielees, Margaret Prescott Montague, Edward Morlae, Meredith Nicholson, Kathleen Thompson Norris, Laura Spencer Portor, Lucy Pratt, Elsie Singmaster, Charles Haskins Townsend, Edith Wyatt
Atlantic Narratives: Modern Short Stories
by Elizabeth Ashe, Henry Seidel Canby, Cornelia A. P. (Cornelia Atwood Pratt) Comer, Charles Caldwell Dobie, Madeleine Z. (Madeleine Zabriskie) Doty, H. G. (Harrison Griswold) Dwight, John Galsworthy, Katharine Fullerton Gerould, Katharine Butler Hathaway, Zephine Humphrey, Mary Lerner, F. J. Louriet, E. V. (Edward Verrall) Lucas, Margaret Lynn, C. A. Mercer, Margaret Prescott Montague, E. (Edith) Nesbit, Anne Douglas Sedgwick, Dallas Lore Sharp, Margaret Pollock Sherwood, Ernest Starr, Amy Wentworth Stone, Arthur Russell Taylor
Deep channel
by Margaret Prescott Montague
About the author
Born at Oakhurst near White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia, Margaret Prescott Montague grew up with ties to both New England and the Appalachian South. That mix of backgrounds helped shape fiction that is especially remembered for its mountain settings, local characters, and strong sense of place.
She wrote short stories and novels in the early twentieth century, and her work was widely published enough to earn lasting notice, including an O. Henry Award. Some of her writing also appeared under the pseudonym Jane Steger.
Montague is often associated with stories of southern Appalachian life, but her writing was not limited to regional color alone. Readers and critics have also noted her humor and her interest in social and cultural questions, which give her work a lively, observant edge.