A great book for fans everywhere of Anne of Green Gables!
In 1909 Myrtle and Ernest Webb took possession of an ordinary farm in Cavendish, Prince Edward Island; it was already becoming known as inspiration for Anne of Green Gables, which had been published in the previous year by Myrtle's cousin Lucy Maud Montgomery.
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 1930s the farm was made the centerpiece of a new PEI national park -- and still the family lived there for another decade, caretakers of their own home.
During the many decades that they lived in this home Myrtle Webb kept a diary of her life there, including thoughts on the fictious world her home represented, engagements with fans of the work and her visits there with her literary cousin.
Portions of the diary are included here in this look at the world that Anne had created. Very charming!
Alan MacEachern is professor of history at the University of Western Ontario and the author of The Miramichi Fire: A History.