The Journal of Julius Rodman: Being an Account of the First Passage Across the Rocky Mountains of North America Ever Achiueved by Civilized Man - Couverture souple

Poe, Edgar Allan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1901285952 ISBN 13 : 9781901285956

Editeur : Pushkin Press, 2008

Synopsis

Unusual book

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Pushkin Press presents the first mainstream edition of The Journal of Julius Rodman by Edgar Allen Poe, illustrated with photographs by Edward S. Curtis. The Journal of Julius Rodman is a fictionalised account of the first travels across the Western Wilderness, over the barrier of the Rocky Mountains. This extraordinary journal details events of the most surprising nature, and recounts the unparalleled vicissitudes and adventures experienced by a handful of men in a country which, until then, had never been explored by 'civilised man'. The first six installments of this novel were published in the Burton's Gentleman's Magazine in 1839-40, when the author was a contributing editor of the journal. When Poe left his job in June 1840, he refused to continue the novel. Extracts of Poe's work infamously appeared in 1839 Congress papers citing his account of the first passage across the Rockies by 'civilised man' as authentic. Proving to be one of Poe's more elaborate hoaxes, this reaction illuminates the extent to which his literary realism and acute attention to detail strikes a convincing background to the hero's travels.

Pushkin Collection editions feature a spare, elegant series style and superior, durable components. The Collection is typeset in Monotype Baskerville, litho-printed on Munken Premium White Paper and notch-bound by the independently owned printer TJ International in Padstow. The covers, with French flaps, are printed on Colorplan Pristine White Paper. Both paper and cover board are acid-free and Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified.

Revue de presse :

"It's because I liked Edgar Allan Poe's stories so much that I began to make suspense films." - Alfred Hitchcock

"Poe constantly and inevitably produced magic where his greatest contemporaries produced only beauty ... There is really nothing to be said about it: we others simply take off our hats and let Mr Poe go first." - George Bernard Shaw

"Poe was undoubtedly a genius." - Jorge Luis Borges

"Poe is the prince of American literature." - Victor Hugo

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Pushkin Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1901285952
• ISBN 13: 9781901285956
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144