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Edgar Allan Poe's Petersburg: The Untold Story of the Raven in the Cockade City
| Full title: | edgar-allan-poe-s-petersburg-the-untold-story-of-the-raven-in-the-cockade-city |
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| ISBN: | 9781609498641 |
| ISBN 10: | 160949864X |
| Authors: | Jeffrey Abugel |
| Publisher: | History Press, The |
| Num. pages: | 128 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Language: | en |
| Published on: | 2013 |
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Synopsis
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 Poeâs own mother performing in the local venues to the poetâs lasting friendship with Petersburg native and publisher Hiram Haines, Abugel reveals an overlooked place in Poeâs fascinating life. Walk along the cobblestones of history to discover a forgotten past of a literary giant.