Best known today as one of American's major writers, Edgar Allan Poe was best known to his generation as a magazine editor and critic. After losing both of his parents, Edgar was sent to Richmond to live with John and Frances Allan, whose last name he later took as a middle name. In 1827 he became estranged from the Allans and journeyed to Boston where he enlisted in the army. He had his first book of poems published in 1827. Unable to keep a job for longer than two years, Edgar Allan Poe nevertheless dramatically increased circulation at the magazines where he worked. He died on October 7, 1849 after being found four days earlier near a saloon.
Web sites
- A Poe Webliography: Edgar Allan Poe on the Internet
- Academy of American Poets
- Poe Museum
- The Edgar Allan Poe Society of Baltimore
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