Jack Alcott's Books
Cadet Poe and his even crazier brother at West Point ... "a ripping yarn" -- The New York Times Book Review
West Point Cadet Edgar Allan Poe and his dying, opium-addicted brother, Henry Poe, try to solve murders near the military academy — only to become suspects themselves.
About Jack
I'm the author of Grim Legion, a mystery/thriller (see THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW below), and I'm the special projects/investigations editor at The Journal News, a 125,000+ daily in Westchester County, N.Y. Aside from ten years in Berkeley and San...
Jack’s Favorite Books
While kicking around the Bay Area in the 1970s, I signed up for as many classes as I could with San Francisco State University's always entertaining and...





