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This episode is the first part of an two episodes dealing with the book Rot, Riot, abnd Rebellion Mr. Jefferson’s Struggle to Save the UniversityThat Changed America.  This books not only deals with the young Poe at the University of Virginia, but the rough initial days of UVA.

• 00:00 Intro
• 02:06 Entrance of the ghost of Mr. Poe
• 04:15 Poe and Miss Elmira Shelton
• 10:12 Introduction of star gazing and Eureka
• 12:43 John Allan and money
• 14:01 Introduction to Rort, Riot, and Rebellion
• 17:47 Fights at the University of Virginia
• 20:25 University room 13 and lawn
• 23:44 Disgusting elements at UVA
• 26:12 Future episodes
• 27:00 Sources27:18 Outro

• How long did it take to travel the approximately 60 miles from Charlottesville to Richmond?
• What did Poe buy in London that may have inspired him to write late Eureka?
• Did Poe see many fights at UVA?
• Why did the romance of Poe and Elmyra Roster end?
• What number was Poe’s room on the Range?
• What was the Rotunda modeled after?
• Which the University have problems with in Poe’s day? Flies? Garbage? Smoke? Reeking smells?  

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