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he was born
Edgar Allan Poe was born on the 19th of January 1809 in Boston When he was 2 years old his father abandoned his family. -
started to write poems
Since he was a kid he loved spending time reading magazines, he started writing poems at the age of 14 years old. -
He decided to enter in the list of US Army
Without money and without a job he decided to enter the US Army in 1827.
He was 18 years old. -
Stepfather
His stepfather John Allen at this point decided to make up with his son and got him in a place to continue his studies in the Military Academy at West Point in 1830.