![Rufus Wilmot Griswold By Uncredited [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons](https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/256px-Griswold-Engraving.jpg)
Rufus Wilmot Griswold By Uncredited [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Griswold, the town in Fire in the Heart, was named for my early Vermont ancestors.
One Griswold who began life in Vermont became a controversial literary figure and rival to famed author Edgar Allan Poe.
I knew nothing about this. Fascinating!