Edgar Allan Poe
Subtitle: a biography
By: by Milton Meltzer.
Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Brookfield, Conn
Language: eng
Subjects: Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849 -- Juvenile literature; Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849; Authors, American -- 19th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Authors, American
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: Examines the troubled life of the nineteenth-century writer whose poetry and short stories broke new ground in American literature.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Theater in the blood; title: A quick and clever boy; title: The teenager; title: Soldier and poet; title: In West Point, and out; title: Satire and science fiction; title: Editor, novelist, husband; title: Hoaxes and horrors; title: The first ever detective story; title: A popular lecturer; title: New York : the rich and the poor; title: "The raven" and fame; title: Death of the beloved; title: The last years; title: Chronology of Poe's life.