Balloon Hoax E-book
Author: Edgar Allan Poe
Genre: Literature
Poe, Edgar Allan (1809-49) - American poet, short-story writer, and critic
who is best known for his tales of ratiocination, his fantastical horror
stories, and his genre-founding detective stories. Poe, whose cloudy
personal life is a virtual legend, considered himself primarily a poet.
Balloon Hoax (1844) - The Atlantic has supposedly been crossed in a
balloon in seventy-five hours according to the diaries of two voyagers.
This story was read by many as a real history of a real event.
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