Part one of term paper
One of the greatest and most mysterious authors in history is Edgar Allan Poe. He was born in Boston in 1809. A great deal of information is known about him but yet very few are verifiable. Poe has a reputation of giving false information to the media. The place and date of which he is born is controversial. Poe has been known to say tha ...

Part two of term paper
... age of twenty-one and his father disappeared from his life soon after, Poe was only two. He was given to the care of John and Francis Allen in Baltimore. Poe was a bright and very intelligent young boy who impressed his teachers and made John Allen a proud foster father. He went to school in Richmond where he received praises from his master. His parents spoiled him and this is what supposedly ruined him. His parents allowed him to carry extravagant amounts of money, which enabled him to get ...