Bierce and the Poe hoax.
Hall, Carroll Douglas, 1902–
Bierce and the Poe hoax, by Carroll D. Hall; with an introduction by Carey McWilliams. San Francisco, The Book club of California, 1934.
2 p. l., iii–vi, 24 p., 1 l. front. illus. (port. group, facsimils.) $26\frac{1}{2}$ cm.
“250 copies printed at the Windsor press ... Copy no. 185.”
A hoax perpetrated by Bierce, Carroll Carrington and Herman Scheffauer, in printing Scheffauer's poem, “The sea of serenity”, in the literary supplement of the San Francisco Examiner, March 12, 1899, as “an unpublished poem of Poe”.
“The sea of serenity”: p. 21–24.
1. Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809–1849. 2. Bierce, Ambrose, 1842–1914? 3. Scheffauer, Herman George, 1878–1927. 4. Carrington, Carroll, 1872?–1901.
I. Title. II. Title: The sea of serenity.
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