https://padlet.com/slogan4000/coktakwxcxyh Top Ten facts about Edgar Allan Poe en-us 2016-11-18 15:08:37 UTC 2016-11-18 15:51:47 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Shakinghands.png https://padlet.com/slogan4000/coktakwxcxyh/wish/138726601 10. He was an orphan
9.Adopted by John Allan 
8.Went to UVA
7.Joined Army under fake name
6.Saw women as angels 
5.Swam 6 miles against current
4.Met with the President for a job interview 
3.Died on October 7, 1849 in Baltimore 
2.His dad abandoned family when he was 1 and his mother died when he was 3
1.He married his cousin when she was 13]]> 2016-11-18 15:23:32 UTC https://padlet.com/slogan4000/coktakwxcxyh/wish/138726601 https://padlet.com/slogan4000/coktakwxcxyh/wish/138726684 10. He got the nickname "tomohawk man" because of his brutal reviews
9. Poe struggled to publish "Tell- Tale Heart" because publishers thought it was too strong 
8. He fell in love with his 13 year old cousin, while he was 26.
7. He enlisted into the army as Edgar A. Perry.
6. Poe showed up to a meeting with the president at the white house intoxicated.
5. He attended West Point
4. When he was 16, we swam 6 miles against the current of the James River which he became famous for.
3. The muderer in "Murder in the Rue Morgue" was an orangutan.
2. Poe watched his mother die of tuberculosis.
1. tuberculosis killed four of his family members. ]]> 2016-11-18 15:23:44 UTC https://padlet.com/slogan4000/coktakwxcxyh/wish/138726684 bhart9 https://padlet.com/slogan4000/coktakwxcxyh/wish/138726695 10. Poe thought of women as angelic. 
9. He was very athletic. 
8. He went to UVA
7. He joined the army under the name Edgar A. Perry. 
6. He was left out of the will of his stepfather. 
5. He married his 13 year old cousin Virginia when he was 26. 
4. He met with John Tyler about a government job. 
3. He was impoverished for his entire, short life.
2. He proposed in a cemetery. 
1. His wife, mother, brother, and stepmother all died of tuberculosis. ]]> 2016-11-18 15:23:46 UTC https://padlet.com/slogan4000/coktakwxcxyh/wish/138726695 gaberbraswell https://padlet.com/slogan4000/coktakwxcxyh/wish/138726826 10. Poe went to the University of Virginia 
9.In college he tried to make money by gambling
8.His father abandoned his family when he was one
7.When Poe was short on money he broke his furniture and burned it to keep warm
6.He joined the army to escape possible inprisonment
5.He was very athletic as a young man
4. Poe swam 6 miles against the St. James ready river current.
3.Poe wasn't even 3 years old yet when his mother died
2.He proposed to his second wife in a cemetery
1.He married his first cousin when he was 26 and she was not yet 13]]> 2016-11-18 15:24:08 UTC https://padlet.com/slogan4000/coktakwxcxyh/wish/138726826 sarahelen12 https://padlet.com/slogan4000/coktakwxcxyh/wish/138727036 10. Poe's mother died of tuberculosis when he was three, setting the stage for his dark works.
9. Poe was taken in by the Allan family but was never formally adopted.
8. Poe's foster mother, Francis Allan also died of tuberculosis.
7. Poe disapproved of John Allan cheating on his wife, so John sent him to the University of Virginia so that he could continue his affairs.
6. While Poe was in college, he would draw all over his walls and ceilings, which fostered his creativity.
5. Poe was kicked out of college because of his gambling problems and Mr. Allan would not help pay for his debts.
4. Poe joined the army under an assumed name to run away from his debts.
3. Poe went to live with his aunt where he met Virginia, his cousin, and later married her when she was 13.
2. Virginia also got tuberculosis and eventually died after five years.
1. Poe did not make much money from his writing in his lifetime.


]]> 2016-11-18 15:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/slogan4000/coktakwxcxyh/wish/138727036 https://padlet.com/slogan4000/coktakwxcxyh/wish/138727343 10. He lost his mother, stepmother, brother and wife to tuberculosis 
9. His father abandoned the family when Poe was one
8. He attended UVA but was kicked out because of his gambling
7. He was called "the Towahawk Man" for his critical literary reviews
6. He married his first cousin when she was 13
5. John Allen, despite raising Poe, never adopted him
4. His last words were "Lord, help my poor soul"
3. Originator of the detective story
2. "The Raven" was his most famous poem and was published in 1845
1. The themes of his stories reflected the depressing events of Poe's life]]> 2016-11-18 15:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/slogan4000/coktakwxcxyh/wish/138727343 https://padlet.com/slogan4000/coktakwxcxyh/wish/138727504 10. He was very athletic. 
9. He had to burn his furniture to keep warm. 
8. He saw women as angelic figures. 
7. His father left when he was a year old. 
6. He went to the University of Virginia. 
5. He was given the nickname "Raven".  
4. He joined the US Army under a different name (Perry). 
3. He attended West Point. 
2. His mother died of tuberculosis before he was 3 years old. 
1. He married his first cousin, Virginia. ]]> 2016-11-18 15:25:55 UTC https://padlet.com/slogan4000/coktakwxcxyh/wish/138727504 https://padlet.com/slogan4000/coktakwxcxyh/wish/138727512 1. Poe's mother died of tuberculosis when he was 3 and he watched her die.
2. At 16, he swam 6 miles against the St. James river current which made him better known. 
3. He enlisted in the army as Edgar Allan Perry to run away from his debts. 
4. The Allans were his foster parents. Mr Allen hated him and mrs. Allen loved him. 
5. Mr. Allan sent him to UVA where he got into gambling.
6. He rose to the highest enlisted rank in the army
7. He married his first cousin Virginia after writing her love letters to make her stay with him. She later died of tuberculosis 
8. Poe went to meet President John Tyler to get a government job but he showed up drunk so he came back later. 
9. Some say that Poe was the first to write a dectetive story to keep him from going mad.
10. Mr Allan died of tuberculosis and didn't give him anything in his will. 🍃

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