BoatBanter.com - On Topic: Edgar Allen's birthday...

"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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Edgar Allen Poe was born on this day in 1809. Boats play a prominent
role in much of his writing. Here's an example.

"Upon reaching the wharf, I noticed a scythe and three spades, all
apparently new, lying in the bottom of the boat in which we were to
embark."

Edgar Allen Poe's "The Gold Bug."

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House I grew up in was built on property of the former home of Edgar's
niece. Her death looked like it could be out of a Poe novel. She filled
the house with old tires and torched and herself.