A Tale of the Ragged Mountains

by Edgar Allan Poe

Overview

A Tale of the Ragged Mountains, is not as well-known as most of Poe’s other works, but does have the usual “Poe” twist at the end.

A man named Bedloe relates the story of what happened to him on one of his customary long rambles in the Ragged Mountains of Virginia. According to his story, his morning walk started out as usual, but soon he heard unexpected drumming and a metallic rattling sound followed by "a dusky-visaged and half-naked man rushing past with a shriek," and followed by a hyena.

Overcome by this bizarre encounter, Bedloe sat down beneath a tree only to notice that its shadow was that of a palm tree not native to Virginia.

As Bedloe later recounts his inexplicable journey and return, his doctor strangely seems to know the story already.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940012211682
Publisher:	Jeanne Gibson
Publication date:	03/08/2011
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	147 KB

About the Author

Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849, was an American writer, poet, and editor, often credited with being the father of modern detective-fiction. His short stories, especially, “The Tell-Tale Heart,” and “The Premature Burial,” are often included in high school literature classes and who could ever forget the haunting line, “Quoth the raven, ‘Nevermore,’” from his poem, The Raven?

His real name was Edgar Poe, but he was raised by the Allan family of West Virginia, who took him in after the death of his mother. His father had abandoned the family years earlier.

After failing at an army career, Poe turned to writing poetry and later switched his focus to prose which included short stories, literary criticism, and an effort at writing a journal of his own life. Unfortunately, this last endeavor was cut short when he died at the young age of 40.