Becoming Green Gables: The Diary of Myrtle Webb and Her Famous Farmhouse

by Alan MacEachern

Book Overview

In 1909 Myrtle and Ernest Webb took possession of an ordinary farm in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island. Ordinary but for one thing: it was already becoming known as inspiration for Anne of Green Gables, the novel written by Myrtle's cousin Lucy Maud Montgomery and published to international acclaim a year earlier. The Webbs welcomed visitors to "Green Gables" and soon took in summer boarders, making their home the heart of PEI's tourist trade. In the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0228021499
• ISBN13: 9780228021490
• Release Date: June 2024
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 294 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.9" x 9.0"