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Midnight Dreary
The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe
Author: John Evangelist Walsh
Midnight Dreary
$18.99
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While traveling alone from Richmond, Virginia, to New York City, Poe disappeared for nearly a week. When seen again he was terribly drunk and nearly dead in Baltimore. In the hospital, four days later, after periods of raving delirium, he died. The immediate cause of death given was "congestion of the brain." At first no one seriously doubted that Poe died from drunken debauchery. However, Poe adherents suggested many theories of a physical nature about precipitating causes but no one has seroiusly probed the mystery of the missing week . . . until now.
Imprint Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN
9780312227326
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“A ripping, gripping investigation...an utterly engaging and original work of detection.” —Kirkus Reviews
“An engrossing account of what remains a strange and puzzling episode in America's literary history.” —Parade