Abstract
This interview is with Jim (James A.) MacLean of Montague, P.E.I. Jim begins by telling about his grandfather's forge, his father, and the Adams family. He then talks about his birth, working as a "Soldier of the Sod" during WWI, school, farming, gristmills, and life growing up in Montague. He talks about Maggie McGee, the Halifax Explosion, and general stores. He then goes on to tell about the Spanish Flu, wakes and funerals, woolen mills, and the Harvest Excursion out west in Regina, Saskatchewan. He also mentions Sturgeon tea socials, fights, Christmas, and Dan VanIderstine.