Edgar Allan Poe-Francesca

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  • Born

    Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusets

  • mother died

    His mother died and the children became orphans

  • Richmond

    Edgar went to richmond, Virginia, to live with John and Francis Allan

  • Enlisted

    Enlisted in the U.S.A army for a five years

  • published a booklet

    He published a booklet and other poems

  • published poems

    He published poems and began to submit short stories to magazines

  • Received a prize

    He received a prize for his work and a friend got him a new job

  • Moved to New York city

    He stopped working at the magazine and moved to New York citty, and he started workingas coeditor

  • Published a collection

    Poe published a collection of stories

  • New gender

    Poe started a new gender of detective fiction

  • Won a literary prize

    Poe won a literary prize for "The gold bug"

  • Poe's wife died

    Poe's wife died and Poe started abusing alcohol

  • Poe died

    Poe was found delirious and he died four days later