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TEXTILE EXECUTIVE PUBLISHES FIRST BOOK< JOHN MAY'S NOVEL, "POE & FANNY," IS A WORK OF HISTORICAL FICTION ABOUT A RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POETS EDGAR ALLAN POE AND FRANCES SARGENT OSGOOD.(LIFE)

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From: The News & Record (Piedmont Triad, NC)
Date: 20040418
Author:Johnson, Maria C.

Byline: MARIA C. JOHNSON Staff Writer

GREENSBORO -- Midlife moments can hit at the strangest times. Just look at Greensboro textile executive John May.

He was in bed one night, reading a biography of Pocahontas, when he got to a footnote that described 150 people marooned on Bermuda in 1609. The shipwrecked Englanders built boats and sailed to Jamestown, where they helped the struggling colony to survive.

That night, in the light of a bedside lamp, two thoughts swelled strong inside of May, a frustrated writer then on the threshold of 50. One thought was what a great ...

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