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Edgar Allan Poe's Petersburg: the untold story of the Raven in the Cockade City

By Virginia , Abugel , Jeffrey;Poe , Edgar Allan;Poe

Book information

Publisher
Arcadia Publishing;The History Press
Year
2013
ISBN
9781614238584, 9781609498641, 1614238588
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
3 MB (3097293 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
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Description

Antebellum Petersburg was a melting pot of French, Haitian, Scotch-Irish and free black populations. It was in this eclectic city that the master of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe, chose to take his new wife, thirteen-year-old first cousin Virginia Clemm, on their honeymoon in 1836. Join author Jeffrey Abugel as he traces the steps of the controversial couple through imaginative scenes of historic Petersburg. From Poe's own mother performing in the local venues to the poet's lasting friendship with Petersburg native and publisher Hiram Haines, Abugel reveals an overlooked place in Poe's fascinating life. Walk along the cobblestones of history to discover a forgotten past of a literary giant.

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