Poe in motion?

• Position: AUTHORS - Edgar Allan Poe - Brief article

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Edgar Allan Poe, author of bone-chillers Like "The Tell-Tale Heart," has been buried in Baltimore ever since he died there in 1849. But with the bicentennial, of his birth coming up in January, several other cities would Like to claim him. Edward Pettit, a Poe scholar, insists that Poe belongs in Philadelphia, where he wrote some of his best-known works. Others say he belongs in Richmond, Va., where he grew up. Additional places that could claim Poe include Sullivan's Island, S.C., where he was stationed in the Army, and New...