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    Edgar Allan Poe's Charleston
    Edgar Allan Poe's Charleston
    Edgar Allan Poe's Charleston
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    Edgar Allan Poe's Charleston

    By Christopher Byrd Downey

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    An in-depth history of Poe’s time spent in the South Carolina port city where he secretly enlisted in the United States Army.

    Edgar Allan Poe arrived in Charleston in November 1827 chased by storms, both literal and figurative. Some of the author’s previous indiscretions caused him to enlist in the U.S. Army six months earlier under the pseudonym Edgar A. Perry. The more than one year that Poe spent stationed at Fort Moultrie on Sullivan’s Island has been shrouded in mystery for nearly two centuries because Poe deliberately tried to hide his stint in the army. But despite Poe’s deceptions, the influences and impressions of the Lowcountry permeated his life and writing, providing the setting for Poe’s most popular and widely read short story during his lifetime, “The Gold-Bug,” and perhaps providing the inspiration for the real Annabel Lee. Author Christopher Byrd Downey details the hidden history of Poe in Charleston.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherOpen Road Integrated Media
    Release dateFeb 24, 2020
    ISBN9781439669150
    Edgar Allan Poe's Charleston
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    Christopher Byrd Downey

    Christopher Byrd Downey (Captain Byrd) received his degree in history from Virginia Tech in 1995 and shortly after graduating began a career in the maritime industry. He has previously authored three books related to the history of Charleston: Stede Bonnet: Charleston's Gentleman Pirate, Charleston and the Golden Age of Piracy and Edgar Allan Poe's Charleston. A native of Virginia, he now lives with his family in Charleston. Visit him at captainbyrds.com.

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      I think the author tried a little too hard to stretch the small amount of material dealing with Poe and the city of Charleston to book length

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