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Arthur Reginald Scammell, CM (February 12, 1913 – August 28, 1995) was a Newfoundland and Labrador writer. Scammell was born in Change Islands, where he grew up and received his early education. He was a schoolteacher in several Newfoundland outports during the 1930s. He left to attend McGill University and did not live full-time in Newfoundland again until 1970, after his retirement from teaching. Scammell is perhaps best known for his songwriting, most notably, The Squid-Jiggin' Ground, which he wrote while still in high school, and ''The Six-Horsepower Coaker''. However, he also produced a significant body of work that was originally published in the magazine ''Atlantic Guardian'', of which he was also a co-founder. Through essays and stories, Scammell attempted to convey some of the positive aspects of life in Newfoundland outports, which, despite their disadvantages, he saw as providing a sense of community and personal satisfaction that larger centres lacked. A collection of Scammell's work was published as ''My Newfoundland'' in 1966. In 1987 he became a Member of the Order of Canada. ==See also== *List of people of Newfoundland and Labrador 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Arthur Scammell」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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