Edgar Allan Poe's Petersburg : the untold story of the Raven in the Cockade City / Jeffrey Abugel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abugel, Jeffrey, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849--Travel--Virginia--Petersburg.

Poe, Edgar Allan.

Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849--Marriage.

Poe, Virginia, 1822-1847.

Poe, Virginia.

Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849--Friends and associates.

Honeymoons--Virginia--Petersburg--History--19th century.

Honeymoons.

Historic sites--Virginia--Petersburg.

Historic sites.

Petersburg (Va.)--History--19th century.

Petersburg (Va.).

Petersburg (Va.)--Description and travel.

Petersburg (Va.)--Biography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (126 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina ; London : The History Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Visit the Virginia city where the great author brought his thirteen-year-old bride for a honeymoon. 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. This book 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, it reveals an overlooked moment in the young life of this literary giant. Includes photos

Contents:

Bringing Back the Dead

A Thriving Antebellum Town

Eliza Poe Sets the Stage

The Miller and the Countess (and Other Lovers)

Friends and Poetry Lovers

The Real Hiram Haines

The Honeymoon

Postmortem.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-126).

ISBN:

9781614238584

1614238588