Quincy author will walk 3,300 miles across country on book tour
Quincy author Rick Taylor, aka Abner Serd, will walk to California on his third cross-country trek to promote new book, 'The Legend of Pedestrio.'
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Quincy author Rick Taylor, aka Abner Serd, will walk to California on his third cross-country trek to promote new book, 'The Legend of Pedestrio.'
Please support local journalism by subscribing. For more info, click here. WESTFORD -- He is known for his haunting tales, such as "The Cask of Amontillado," and his eerie poetry, perhaps most famously, "The Raven." But Edgar Allan Poe, the master of horror literature, also has ties to the town, where he visited not long before his death in 1849. The Westford Historical Society and Museum is hosting "Recitations from Edgar Allan Poe and the Fireside Poets," a virtual event set for Jan. 19 -- Poe's birth date. Poe was born in Boston Jan. 19, 1809 -- first of many ties to the local ar...