Edgar Allan Poe's Petersburg - 9781609498641
Un libro in lingua di Jeffrey Abugel edito da History Pr, 2013
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Antebellum Petersburg was a melting pot of French, Haitian,Scotch-Irish and free black populations. It was in this eclectic city that themaster of the macabre, Edgar Allan Poe, chose to take his new wife,thirteen-year-old first cousin Virginia Clemm, on their honeymoon in 1836. Joinauthor Jeffrey Abugel as he traces the steps of the controversial couplethrough imaginative scenes of historic Petersburg. From Poe’s own motherperforming in the local venues to the poet’s lasting friendship with Petersburgnative and publisher Hiram Haines, Abugel reveals an overlooked place in Poe’sfascinating life. Walk along the cobblestones of history to discover aforgotten past of a literary giant.
Informazioni bibliografiche
- Titolo del Libro in lingua: Edgar Allan Poe's Petersburg
- Sottotitolo: The Untold Story of the Raven in the Cockade City
- Lingua: English
- Autore: Jeffrey Abugel
- Editore: History Pr
- Collana: History Pr (Paperback)
- Data di Pubblicazione: 12 Febbraio '13
- Genere: Lingua Inglese
- Argomenti : Honeymoons Virginia Petersburg History 19th century Historic sites Virginia Petersburg
- Pagine: 126
- Dimensioni mm: 228 x 152 x 0
- EAN-13: 9781609498641