Friday, October 26, 2012

Little Did You Know...About The Writer Edgar Allan Poe

Little Did You Know...About The Writer Edgar Allan Poe

  • Edgar Allan Poe was orphaned at the young age of two
  • By the time he was a teenager he already understood the complex works of Latin
  • Even though he wasn't the strongest or even the biggest of people, he did take up for those searching for help
  • Deeply connected with Baltimore
  • One of America's many fine writers
  • Only lived to be 40 years old.
  • Inventor of the detective story
  • Father of the modern American short story
  • Poor writer; only got $14 for his book the Raven

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