The Yankee Gale, the August Gale and popular culture on Prince Edward Island: a meditation on memory

MacDonald examines how severe storms are remembered in regional oral traditions. He compares two 19th-century storms on Prince Edward Island, and explores why one is more vivid in cultural memory than the other.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Dalhousie review 2010-03, Vol.90 (1), p.95
1. Verfasser:	MacDonald, Edward
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Canada Casualties Collective memory Cyclones Environmental aspects Islands Oral tradition Popular culture Regions Social aspects Storms Storytelling Windstorms
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Zusammenfassung:	MacDonald examines how severe storms are remembered in regional oral traditions. He compares two 19th-century storms on Prince Edward Island, and explores why one is more vivid in cultural memory than the other.
ISSN:	0011-5827