POE FACTS

POE'S CHILDHOOD

• He was educated in Virginia and England as a child.
• The second of three children.
• Poe was to work for several publications as both editor and contribut
• Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 19, 1809

CAREERS

• Poe went to Boston and joined the U.S. Army in 1827.
• When he was 18 he published his first bookcalled Tamerlane.
• He tried to start hos own magazine/journal and failed.
• In 1835 poe finally got his first job as a editor af a news paper.

MORE FACTS

• Poe's last words were "Lord help my poor soul"
• One of Poe's most famous poems is "The Raven"
• Poe's mother and father died when Poe was three
• Poe became a literary sensation in 1845 by "The Raven"