| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
1931798397 |
| 022 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD SERIAL NUMBER |
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| International Standard Serial Number |
9781931798396 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
y818.309 Sch |
| Item number |
57 |
| 090 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED LC-TYPE CALL NUMBER (OCLC); LOCAL CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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40676 |
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40676 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
y818.309 Sch |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Schoell, William frey50 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Mystery and Terror: |
| Remainder of title |
The Story of Edgar Allan Poe / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
William Schoell |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Morgan Renolds Publishing, Inc. |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2004 |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
Greensboro, North Carolina |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
128 p. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
Fall from grace -- Battle of wills -- West Point -- "Muddy" and Virginia -- Hatchet man -- Washington follies -- Broadway journal -- "Lord help my poor soul." |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Edgar Allan Poe's life story is so full of dramatic twists and turns it seems the master of macabre could have penned it himself. Schoell provides a look at a complicated individual who, because of his own despondency and irresponsibility, was constantly detoured from the path to success. Left an orphan at a young age, Poe was adopted by John Allan, a man who, despite his own wealth, expected his son to live life with financial judiciousness. Poe always seemed to have a sense of entitlement and was never happy. Schoell opines as to the causes of these problems, as if trying to excuse this literary genius from the travails of situations perpetuated by his own behavior. The book also mentions Poe s work as a reviewer (which was unsuccessful due to his bluntness and insensitivity to the creativity of others); the fact that he wrote a story that has been pointed to as the beginning of modern science fiction and that influenced Jules Verne; and the poetry that brought him some degree of fame during his lifetime. Schoell also describes how Poe, always in want of money, wrote what he thought would sell best gothic stories. Black-and-white photos and portraits of the writer and his contemporaries appear throughout. A list of major works and source notes are included. This is not just the usual time-line-led biography, but rather a deeper look into Poe s life and personality as reflected in his work. |
| 600 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Poe, Edgar Allan |
| Dates associated with a name |
1809-1849 |
| Title of a work |
Biography |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Authors, American |
| Location of event |
Biography |
| General subdivision |
19th Century |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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AJML |
| Koha item type |
yan 800 - 899 |
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y818.309 Sch |
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57 |