1941 1st YOUNG EDGAR ALLAN POE Biography Poetry Mystery Crime author ART DECO DJ

Description: Title: Young Edgar Allan Poe Author: Laura Benet Publisher: Dodd Mead & Company (1941) Description:Scarce, First edition of a book that is difficult to find in any edition. As an important FYI - Another seller has copied my photo & is fraudulently representing my book as theirs and DOES NOT POSSESS this copy and ebay does nothing about it. A great find for the Poe collector. Book is written for young adult audience but as with many books of this type should be entertaining for adults as well. Children 80 years ago were a lot brighter than we can imagine. From the front flap of the book:In her delightfully distinguished biographies of Jenny Lind and Percy Bysshe Shelley, Laura Benét has adhered to the actual known facts in telling about the boyhood and young manhood of Edgar Allan Poe. And yet, because she is a poet herself, with a poet's bright imagination and sensitive ability to interpret — plus an unexpectedly keen sense of humor — she inevitably weaves these facts into a fascinatingstory. It is strange and absorbing history, this tale of the small son of an actress taken into the house of a well-to-do Virginia merchant, spoiled and petted through the early years, then thrust out to shift for himself because of the lack of harmony between himself and his factual foster-father. The incidents of Poe's life are striking in their contrasts — the comfortable home in Richmond, with the adoring negro servants who carried the round-eyed, impressionable little fellow to their evening gatherings in some firelit shadowy cabin for the singing and recounting of their unrestrainedly emotional songs and stories; the constant tender solicitude of Edgar's lovely foster-mother; and the initial pride of his foster-father who would show off his sturdy small son at dinner parties; the long ocean voyage to England and the amusing visits with relatives in Scotland, where the mischievous American boy created quite a stirabout; the expensive clothes and entertainments of that young Richmond dandy, Edgar Allan Poe; the one extravagant year of college — and over against all this, the misunderstandings, the pain and poverty. Yet the spirit of Edgar Allan Poe was unconquerable! Laura Benét says: “The book was planned because I believed that such a gifted and imaginative American boy would be a fascinating subject for other young Americans, especially would-be writers. They will no doubt agree with me that in spite of Edgar’s nervous temperament and difficulties of disposition, he exhibited pluck and courage. He had two books of poems to his credit by the time he was twenty and one must remember that the only money he ever earned in his lifetime (with the exception of army pay) was earned by his pen.” For older boys and girls. About Laura Benét from the flapLaura Benét was born at Fort Hamilton, New York, attended the Emma Willard School and Vassar College, and now lives in a delightful old town in Pennsylvania. Some have writing thrust upon them. With two distinguished brothers in the field, Stephen Benét and William Rose Benét, Laura Benét at first decided to be a social worker and spent four active yearswith the Spring Street Settlement. Later, however, as reviewer and editorial assistant, she wrote for two New York newspapers. Since then she has devoted herself to her own work—the several volumes of poems for which. she has become widely known, including Noah's Dove and Basket For a Fair, and her first book for younger readers, THE BOY SHELLEY, that sensitive and distinguished interpretation of a growing poet which has been acclaimed as the "most beautiful biography about youth." THE HIDDEN VALLEY, her new book, is quite different—a stirring adventure tale, finely told, of a white boy and an Indian boy in the Yosemite Valley. Laura Benét has chosen her favorite background for thisbook. She loves being out of doors, and after a solid morning of writing from nine to one she is apt to be off across country, walking, riding or climbing. In the evenings she likes to read aloud Condition:Book is Near Fine with almost no wear, Red cloth covers in great condition with gilt titles still bright. Hinges tight. Corners very good plus. Spine very good plus. Pages are clean and bright and no writing on any pages. Book appears unread. see photos Art deco style dustjacket is near very good with edgewear and chipping as follows: a small three quarter inch chip to top of front panel. Rear panel has several small chips near top border. Head and heel of spine have light chips. Price-clipped jacket. Now covered in a Bro-Dart jacket protector. Please see all photos. Details:hardcover 350 pages approx. 6 x 9"1941 first editionDodd, Mead & Company Terms (payment, shipping, tax, returns, feedback, etc.) Please read before buying U.S. bidders only Payment Please pay within 48 hours of winning. eBay managed payments Shipping Shipping will be $7.25 and will be shipped USPS media mail with tracking. We may upgrade your package at our discretion to USPS Ground Advantage. Package will be shipped within 4 business days after payment - usually faster. 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