What's that book - Edgar Allan Poe as a child
March 9, 2023 6:13 AM Subscribe
I read this book as a youngster, can't figure out the title. Google's no help.
It was a fiction story about Edgar Allan Poe as a kid/early teen. I don't think it ever explicitly said it was about Poe, but the character's name was Edgar, and it was set in Baltimore. It would have been a children's/YA book. That's all I remember. Any ideas?
Depending on how old you are, could it be The Misadventures of Edgar and Allan Poe?
posted by cider at 7:09 AM on March 9, 2023
posted by cider at 7:09 AM on March 9, 2023
Response by poster: oh, timing would be helpful - I'd say 30ish years ago? And I don't think it was new then. Ohhhh the character in it may have been like Edward or something, rather than Edgar?
It was (for back of better description) kid-length. Like less than 200 pages?
It's none of those listed above, but now I have so many to add to my reading list :)
posted by BekahVee at 7:36 AM on March 9, 2023
It was (for back of better description) kid-length. Like less than 200 pages?
It's none of those listed above, but now I have so many to add to my reading list :)
posted by BekahVee at 7:36 AM on March 9, 2023
Thanks for these resources. We'll be having a NY Cycle Club ride to the Poe Cottage and the High Bridge this summer and I can use these for background color.
posted by JimN2TAW at 7:57 AM on March 9, 2023
posted by JimN2TAW at 7:57 AM on March 9, 2023
Was it a "modern" telling or a "historic" one (aka set in the 1800s)?
posted by nkknkk at 9:56 AM on March 9, 2023
posted by nkknkk at 9:56 AM on March 9, 2023
Response by poster: I seem to remember it as historic. or historic-ish. Definitely not modern.
posted by BekahVee at 11:19 AM on March 9, 2023
posted by BekahVee at 11:19 AM on March 9, 2023
Response by poster: The Man Who Was Poe by Avi
The Old City Lay Dark And Cold...It is night. And Edmund is alone. His mother is gone. His aunt, who went in search of her, is dead. His sister has disappeared. Edmund has no one. Except for a stranger of the night. A dark, mysterious stranger who flees from demons of his own... who follows Edmund with grim determination through the cold and shadow city, promising to help, but often hindering. A stranger who needs Edmund for purpose of his own!
posted by BekahVee at 5:09 AM on August 8, 2023
The Old City Lay Dark And Cold...It is night. And Edmund is alone. His mother is gone. His aunt, who went in search of her, is dead. His sister has disappeared. Edmund has no one. Except for a stranger of the night. A dark, mysterious stranger who flees from demons of his own... who follows Edmund with grim determination through the cold and shadow city, promising to help, but often hindering. A stranger who needs Edmund for purpose of his own!
posted by BekahVee at 5:09 AM on August 8, 2023
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Eddie
Edgar Allen's Official Investigation Notebook
Edgar Gets Ready for Bed
The Tell-Tale Start
His Hideous Heart (13 Tales)
The Exiles (short story, Ray Bradbury)
The American Boy
Eggie's Adventure at Poe's Cottage
The Pale Blue Eye
posted by nkknkk at 6:43 AM on March 9, 2023