It is a moment shrouded in horror and myst ery. Edgar Allan Poe died on October 7\, 1849\, at just 40\, in a painful\ , utterly bizarre manner that would not have been out of place in one of h is own tales of terror. What was the cause of his premature death? What ha ppened to him during the three missing days before he was found\, deliriou s and &ldquo\;in great distress&rdquo\; on the streets of Baltimore\, wear ing ill-fitting clothes that were not his own? Mystery and horror. Poe\, w ho remains one of the most iconic of American writers\, died under hauntin g circumstances that reflect the two literary genres he took to new height s. In this talk based on his new biography published by St. Martin's Press\, author Mark Dawidziak delves into not only the enduring my stery of his death but also the many myths and misconceptions about him.\n
A book signing will follow.
\nDawidziak is the author or edit or of 25 books\, including five about Mark Twain and three studies of land mark television series: The Columbo Phile\, The Night Stalker Companion\, and Everything I Need to Know I Learned in The Twilight Zone.
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