About Charles Follen Adams
Lived 1842 – 1918 (aged 75). Charles Follen Adams was an American poet and writer.
Charles Follen Adams (April 21, 1842 – March 8, 1918) was an American poet.
Biography
Adams was born at Dorchester, Massachusetts, April 21, 1842. He came from revolutionary ancestors, being a descendant of Samuel Adams, as well as of Hannah Dustin, of Haverhill, Massachusetts. He was wounded in action at Gettysburg, and taken as a prisoner of war. On his release from prison, he was detailed for hospital duty. In 1872, he began writing humorous verses for periodicals and newspapers in a burlesque broken-English imitation of Pennsylvania German dialect.
Works
1878: Leedle Yawcob Strauss, and Other Poems 1885: Mother's Doughnuts 1886: "Cut, Cut Behind!" 1887: Dialect Ballads 1910: Yawcob Strauss, and Other Poems
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Who was Charles Follen Adams?
American poet (1842-1918)
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Charles Follen Adams was born on 21 April 1842 in Dorchester.
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Charles Follen Adams died on 8 March 1918 in Roxbury.
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Charles Follen Adams was a poet and writer.
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