El Diario De Julius Rodman [The Diary of Julius Rodman]

Extracts of Poe’s work infamously appeared in 1839 Congress papers citing his account of the first passage across the Rockies by "civilized man" as authentic. Proving to be one of Poe’s more elaborate hoaxes, this reaction illuminates the extent to which his literary realism and acute attention to detail strikes a convincing background to the hero’s travels.