EDAGR ALLAN POE

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• Poe was considered one of the best authers
• In history, yet he wasnt always successfull.

POE WAS KNOWN FOR HIST MYSTRY AND HORROR NOVELS

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• Throughout Poe's life, many people had died of
• Illnesses,squch as his parents and foster parents

Edgar's first published document was, "Tamerlane" in 1827

Edgar Allan Poe went to University of Virginia, but then served 2 years in the military.

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• Edgar Allan Poe was Born on
• January 19, 1809

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• Poe got a editors job in Richmond.

HE HAD ALSO MARRIED HIS COUSIN VIRGINIA, IN 1836

He had moved to New York in 1836 to find work, but he couldn't get any at all.

Edgar Allan Poe had published his first detective story in 1841 "Murders In The Rue Morgue"

One of his most famous Novels was "The Raven" and it was published in 1845

He was engaged to 2 people after Virginia's death, "Sarah Halen" and "Sarah Elmira"

The Raven, a famous poem known world wide today, only earned Edgar $9

Poe, joined the military under a false name, "Perry"

NOBODY KNOWS OF POES DEATH

He never in his life signed anything "Edgar Allan Poe." The name Allan came from the family who took him in, and he didn't get along very well with his foster father. He therefore signed documents Edgar A. Poe, or E. A. Poe. The name Edgar Allan Poe came after his death.

He was never legally adopted by the Allen family

Edgar joined a Alcoholics beware club to quit his drinking.

Nobody knows exactly how he died