Meltzer, Milton, 1915-

Edgar Allan Poe : a biography / Milton Meltzer. - Brookfield, Conn. : Twenty-First Century Books, c2003. - 144 p. : ill. ; 27 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 137-138) and index.

Theater in the blood -- A quick and clever boy -- The teenager -- Soldier and poet -- In West Point, and out -- Satire and science fiction -- Editor, novelist, husband -- Hoaxes and horrors -- The first ever detective story -- A popular lecturer -- New York : the rich and the poor -- "The raven" and fame -- Death of the beloved -- The last years -- Chronology of Poe's life.

Examines the troubled life of the nineteenth-century writer whose poetry and short stories broke new ground in American literature.

ISBN: 0761329102

LCCN: 2002155802

Subjects--Personal Names:
Poe, Edgar Allan, 1809-1849.

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Authors, American--19th century--Biography.

Dewey Class. No.: 818/.309 B