l and he also was sent to the University of Virginia as a gift from his stepfather, however his relationship had changed greatly after John had refused to pay for Poe's education. Poe' real parents were professional actors who were traveling at the time of his birth. His stepfather was a successful business man who worked in Richmond, Virginia. (Magill, 2612-2622)
             Edgar Allan Poe was born in Boston, Massachusetts but he was raised in Virginia and for the first few years of his life in England. He has been to a few places like Baltimore, Maryland; sadly the place in which he died. Poe in the year 1827, after writing his first book Tamerlane and other poems, Poe joined the army and served a two year term. (Encarta, Poe, intro) Poe worked as a clerk for his stepfather, when John had refused to pay for Poe's education at the University of VA, in order to
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