Edgar Allan Poe

After discussing crime-related vocabulary, we read about writer Edgar Allan Poe.  Here are some facts about the famous author you may not know.  ~Mrs. Powell

1.-Edgar Allan Poe was an inspiration for many famous people like Britney Spears, the Beatles and Marilyn Manson.

2.-Edgar Allan Poe died at 40 years old, really young.

3.-Edgar Allan Poe married his cousin at 27 and his wife was 13 years old at the time.

4.-He was an alcoholic.

5.-He was abandoned when he was a young child.

~By Fabio