The beautiful cigar girl

The beautiful cigar girl Mary Rogers, Edgar Allan Poe, and the invention of murder

Traces the July 1841 murder investigation that was marked by sensational media coverage and the debut of Edgar Allen Poe, whose short stories "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Mystery of Marie Roget" associated him with the crime.
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Paige Wanner@turntopaige22
3.5 stars
Oct 1, 2023