How Edgar Allan Poe Got Kicked Out Of The US Army

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How Edgar Allan Poe Got Kicked Out Of The US Army

Post by Riddick » 11-14-2018 01:30 AM

In discussions of great American writers who were also military veterans, the name Edgar Allan Poe is unlikely to come up. Yet it should: the iconically doomed poet and inventor of the modern detective story served as a soldier for several of his formative years.

Furthermore, in considering a life often marked by painful loss and failure, it might surprise many readers to learn Poe was something of a successful and motivated soldier—that is, until he wasn’t. Full Story
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