Sunday, November 21, 2010
Fish Fights: A Hall of Fame Quest by Bob Rich. Will he make it?
Edgar Allan Poe Blog (1-9: Me, 10-18: Nick)
1. Born on Jan. 19, 1809 in Boston Mass. Died on October 7, 1849.
http://poestories.com/biography.php
2. Poe’s mother separated from her husband and died when Poe was two. Poe was adopted by a rich family and went to good schools. His father didn’t give him enough money in college when he went to Virginia University so Poe went into dept when he began drinking a lot. http://poestories.com/biography.php
3. Beating, Murder, Diabetes, Rabies, Heart, Epilepsy,
http://www.poemuseum.org/life-death.php
4. Poe considered Richmond his home according to the museum in Richmond.
5. The Poe Society of Baltimore agrees with the Richmond museum’s statement they say Baltimore represents the beginning and end of his life.
6. West Point Military Academy
7. Poe married Virginia Clemn when she was 13.
8. This marriage may sound crazy but back in those days this type of marriage happened quite often.
9. Murder of the Rue Morgue was Poe’s first detective story.
10. When were "The Tell-Tale Heart" and "The Black Cat" written?
The black cat was written in 1843 and his tell-tale-heart was written in 1843 as well.
11. When was "The Raven" published?
The raven was published in January 1845.
12. Check out the Poe photo gallery. Which picture looks most like the Poe you envision while reading his stories?
13. Post a comment in the Edgar Allan Poe forum about your favorite Poe story. Print it out and attach it.
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14. Sign the guestbook at Poestories.com
15. Summarize at least two Poe short stories you have never read.
This story appeared in the New York Sun in 1844 and claimed to have details about a group of men that successfully crossed the Atlantic Ocean in a new type of balloon. Although it looked like a real story, created entirely from Poe's imagination.
Poe invented the detective story with this tale. The main character is C. Augusta Dupin, that solves crimes by deduction. Two women have been brutally murdered and it appears that there was no way in or out of the room where the murders took place.
16. Listen to the audio version of the Raven. What do you think of it?
I didn’t not really like raven just on how this was written with the wordings and other things that were brought up.
17. Who is the Poe Toaster?
Poe toaster is the mysterious person who visited the grave of Edgar Allen Poe on his birthday.
18. List five examples of "Poe in Your Life."
Poe is in my life because I read his books, enjoys mysteries, could be mysterious, enjoys righting in the dark phase and things change a lot in my family as it did in his.
Monday, November 8, 2010
O'Henry
- Birthday is September 11, 1862
- Death date is June 5, 1910
- Died at age 47
- Well known for surprise endings in his suspenseful short stories
- Has an award named after him
- His real name is William Sydney Porter
- O'Henry is his pen name
- Worked for a Bank
- Worked as an editor for Rolling Stone
- Was married
- Was a heavy drinker
- O'Henry robbed the bank he worked in and ran to Honduras
- When his wife was terminally ill he went back to Austin Texas and was locked up
- He started writing in prison and was released in 1901
- Death date is June 5, 1910
- Died at age 47
- Well known for surprise endings in his suspenseful short stories
- Has an award named after him
- His real name is William Sydney Porter
- O'Henry is his pen name
- Worked for a Bank
- Worked as an editor for Rolling Stone
- Was married
- Was a heavy drinker
- O'Henry robbed the bank he worked in and ran to Honduras
- When his wife was terminally ill he went back to Austin Texas and was locked up
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