Fame+And+Fortune

In 1937 Edgar was living in New York with Virginia, but they only spent a short year there together. In 1938 they moved to Philly to find better opportunities, after he found what he was looking for he wrote a number of different magazines. He was then promoted to be an editor of Burton's and Graham's magazines. Even though Poe was selling a load of all these books and he was getting famous for doing so, he wasn't bringing in the cash. He barely had enough money to write the articles. Even though Poe wasn't getting a load of money every time he wrote he would still keep writing. After realizing he wasn't getting enough money he decided to right s short story/article about a balloon that goes across the ocean and then it tells a bogus story. And the funny part was that people really bought it, they thought it was a true story and they really wanted to read it. But Edgar finally admitted that it was a hoax and he was just doing it for the money. This didn't make him to popular, also after his wife/cousin Virginia got tuberculosis, he was found having a relationship with a married woman. This got him slammed right out of that city. Another man that was a great story writer that was right during Mr. Poe's writting days was Charles Dickens he was born in 1812, which was the starting year of, "The War of 1812". Also in 1814 the famous "Star Spangled Banner" was composed. Then in 1809-1817 Mr. James Madison was president of the United States. Also the same University that Poe went to University of Virginia was founded in 1819, when young Edgar was only 10 years old. Lastly 1817-1825 Mr. James Monroe was elected president after the 8 year term of James Madison.

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