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The beautiful cigar girl
Poe, edgar allan, 1809-1849
Detective and mystery stories, history and criticism
New York
American literature, history and criticism
True Crime
American Detective and mystery stories
Murder
Sources
New York Times reviewed
Nonfiction
History and criticism
History
On July 28, 1841, the body of Mary Rogers, a twenty-year-old cigar girl, was found floating in the Hudson-and New York's unregulated police force proved incapable of solving the crime. One year later, a struggling writer named Edgar Allan Poe decided to take on the case-and sent his fictional detect…
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