Send us a textThe first of three episodes about the Virginia Springs, this episode uses fascinating accounts from the early 19th century to describe the wonder that is White Sulphur Springs.  Mr. Poe returns for this episode, and "Paradise Row" lays the groundwork for a discussion of how the Springs influenced Poe’s later works.Sources:Springs of Western Virginia published by Samuel Colman in 1839, History of the Roads of Virginia: 1607-1840 by Nathaniel Mason Pawlett. Letters Descriptive of the Virginia Springs, the Roads Taken Leading Thereto, and the Doings Therein, Peregrine Pollix, Edgar Allan Poe: A Critical Biography by Arthur Hobson Quinn, The Poe Log: A Documentary Life of Edgar Allan Poe by Dwight R. Thomas and David K. Jackson, Edgar Allan Poe: The Man by Mary E. Phillips, Edgar Allan Poe by George E. Woodberry from the American Men of Letters series, and Highways to Health and PleasureSupport the showThank you for experiencing Celebrate Creativity.

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