CAMILLE BOHANNON

CAMILLE
BOHANNON

Antietam Battlefield today, site of the first major battle in the American Civil War.

Edgar Allan Poe’s story, "The Murders in the Rue Morgue," first
appeared in Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine. The
tale is generally considered to be the first detective story.

The story describes the extraordinary “analytical power” used
by Monsieur C. Auguste Dupin to solve a series of murders in
Paris. Like the later Sherlock Holmes stories, the tale is narrated
by the detective’s roommate.

Following the publication of Poe’s story, detective stories began
to grow into novels and English novelist Wilkie Collins published
a detective novel, The Moonstone, in 1868.

MIKE GRACIA

Hans Christian Andersen (April 2, 1805 – August 4, 1875)

The Cat in the Hat is a 1957 children’s book written and illustrated
by the American author Theodore Geisel, using the pen name Dr.
Seuss.

The book was met with immediate critical and commercial success.

Three years after its debut, the book had already sold over a million
copies, and in 2001, Publishers Weekly listed the book at number
nine on its list of best-selling children’s books of all time. It was
adapted into a 1971 animated television special and a 2003 live-
action film.

Theodor Seuss “Ted” Geisel
(March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991)