First edition. A literary mystery featuring Edgar Allan Poe as the detective investigating a murder at P.T. Barnum's circus. A FINE book in FINE jacket.

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Bibliographic Details

Title

The Hum Bug: A Novel

Publisher

New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pocket Books

Publication Date

2001

Language

English

ISBN 10

0671041150

ISBN 13

9780671041151

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Fine

Dust Jacket Condition

Fine

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Bibliomystery

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Synopsis

American showman P.T. Barnum enlists the aid of Edgar Allan Poe to find a killer, after a beautiful young woman is found murdered, her gruesome injuries mirroring a tableau in Barnum's wax museum.

About the Author

Harold Schechter is a professor of American literature and culture at Queens College, the City University of New York.

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