A day late, but happy birthday to one of America's finest writers, Edgar Allan Poe.
Poe was born on January 19, 1809.
He was a poet and a critic and he was is credited with inventing the modern detective story with his 1841 short story, The Murders in the Rue Morgue.
You can read about Poe and crime fiction via the below link to the National Park Service:
http://www.nps.gov/edal/forteachers/upload/detective.pdf
You can also learn about Poe's House in Philadelphia via the below link:
http://www.visitphilly.com/history/philadelphia/edgar-allan-poe-national-historical-site/
You can read Poe's work online at the below link:
http://poestories.com/index.php
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