Edgar Allan Poe is often referred to as the most influential American writer of all time. He pioneered the short story and also wrote the first ever detective novel. But he saved his greatest mystery for last... his death. Why did the greatest writer of his generation go missing for a week, before turning up in another city, wearing clothes that didn't belong to him?

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REFERENCES AND FURTHER READING:

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2009/04/27/the-humbug

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/still-mysterious-death-edgar-allan-poe-180952936/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/edgar-allan-poe-became-era-premier-storyteller-180971001/

https://www.britannica.com/story/the-mysterious-death-of-edgar-allan-poe

https://www.history.com/news/how-did-edgar-allan-poe-die

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Edgar-Allan-Poe/Legacy

https://poets.org/poet/edgar-allan-poe

https://www.poemuseum.org/poes-biography
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_of_Edgar_Allan_Poe

https://www.stripes.com/blogs-archive/the-rumor-doctor/the-rumor-doctor-1.104348/why-was-edgar-allan-poe-kicked-out-of-west-point-1.133805#.Xs-lmtMzauU  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.