American poet

Charles Follen Adams (April 21, 1842 – March 8, 1918) was an American poet.

Contents

• 1 Biography
• 2 Works
• 3 References
• 4 External links

Biography

Charles Follen Adams was born at Dorchester, M*achusetts, April 21, 1842. He came from revolutionary ancestors, being a descendant of Samuel Adams, as well as of Hannah Dustin, of Haverhill, M*achusetts.

He received a common school education, and at the age of fifteen entered into mercantile pursuits. During the American Civil War, at age 22, Adams enlisted in the 13th M*achusetts Infantry. 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 1864 he returned to Boston and once more engaged in mercantile business. In 1872, he began writing humorous verses for periodicals and newspapers in a burlesque broken-English imitation of Pennsylvania German dialect. His first published work was "The Puzzled Dutchman" which appeared in Our Young Folks.

Adams died at his home in Roxbury on March 8, 1918.

Works

Portrait of Charles F. Adams (Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1878). Illustration by "Boz" i.e. Morgan J. Sweeney.

• 1878: Leedle Yawcob Strauss, and Other Poems
• 1885: Mother's Doughnuts
• 1886: "Cut, Cut Behind!"
• 1887: Dialect Ballads
• 1910: Yawcob Strauss, and Other Poems

References

External links

• Guide to Charles Follen Adams's works at Houghton Library, Harvard University
• Works by or about Charles Follen Adams at Internet Archive
• Works by Charles Follen Adams at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
• Charles Follen Adams Bio