title: Who Was Edgar Allan Poe?
author:  Jim Gigliotti 
description: Jim Gigliotti is a freelance writer based in Southern California. A former editor at the National Football League, he has written more than 50 books for all ages. His writing credits include biographies for young readers on Olympian Jesse Owens and baseball star Roberto Clemente.
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  > **Contents**
  
  > Title Page
  
  > About the Author
  
  > Dedication
  
  > Epigraph
  
  > Gare de Limoges-Bénédictins: May 1943
  
  > Suffolk: November 2014
  
  > Cambridge: Michaelmas Term, 1941
  
  > Suffolk: July 1942
  
  > England: February 1943
  
  > Suffolk: 15 March 2015
  
  > Airborne Near Angers: May 1943
  
  > Suffolk: April 2015
  
  > Massif Central: May 1943
  
  > Suffolk: June 2016
  
  > Le Massif Central: Summer 1943
  
  > Trois-Chevaux: Autumn, 1943
  
  > Near Trois-Chevaux: 7 June 1944
  
  > Suffolk: 10 June 2017
  
  > Trois-Chevaux: 14 July 1944
  
  > Suffolk: August 2018
  
  > Acknowledgements
  
  > Bibliography
  
  > Copyright
  
  **EDWARD WILSON’S** first home was a waterfront bar in Fell’s Point, a
  Baltimore neighbourhood whose residents included Billie Holiday and Edgar
  Allan Poe. He went to Baltimore Poly, a school where Ta-Nehisi Coates and
  Dashiell Hammett were former students. He served in Vietnam with the 5th SFGA
  and was decorated for his part in rescuing wounded Vietnamese soldiers from a
  minefie