Biography Of Edgar Allen Poe
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Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, grew up in Richmond, Virginia,
and in his many restless moves, lived in half a dozen Eastern cities. His
true home was always in the "misty mid region of Weir" of his own fertile
and troubled imagination.
His father was David Poe, a Baltimore actor. His a ....
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.... Rosalie, were orphaned.
It was on a visit of charity that Mrs. Frances Allan, the wife of a
rising merchant in Richmond, learned of the plight of the Poe babies. She
had no children of her own and so was the more attracted to handsome little
Edgar. She took him home with her, and another family took Rosalie. This
was in 1811, long before Juvenile Courts and official custody of orphaned
children.
Mrs. Allan would have liked to adopt Edgar, but her husband was
unwilling to ....
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