Charles Follen Adams

Charles Follen Adams (21 April 1842 in Dorchester, Massachusetts – 8 March 1918) was an American poet.[1][2]

Charles Follen Adams
Charles F. Adams (published 1910)
BornApril 21, 1842
Dorchester, Massachusetts
DiedMarch 8, 1918(1918-03-08) (aged 75)
Occupationpoet
LanguageEnglish
NationalityAmerican
SubjectAdams enlisted in the 13th Massachusetts Infantry during the American Civil War. He was wounded in action at Gettysburg, and taken as a prisoner of war.
Notable 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

Biography

Adams was born at Dorchester, Massachusetts, April 21, 1842, and he came from revolutionary ancestors, being a descendant of Samuel Adams, as well as of Hannah Dustin, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, who is well known for her captivity with the Indians.[3]

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 Massachusetts Infantry.[4] He was wounded in action at Gettysburg, and taken as a prisoner of war.[5][6] On his release from prison, he was detailed for hospital duty.[4]

In 1864 he returned to Boston and once more engaged in mercantile business.[3] In 1872, he began writing humorous verses for periodicals and newspapers in a burlesque broken-English imitation[7] of Pennsylvania German dialect.[6] His first published work was “The Puzzled Dutchman” which appeared in Our Young Folks.[4]

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

Each year links to its corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:

References
  1. Adams, Charles Follen, 1842-1918. Papers: Guide
  2. Charles Follen Adams at Britannica Online Encyclopedia
  3. Johnson, Rossiter, ed. (1906). "Adams, Charles Follen". The Biographical Dictionary of America. 1. Boston: American Biographical Society. p. 36. Retrieved October 22, 2020. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  4. Wilson, J. G.; Fiske, J., eds. (1900). "Adams, Charles Follen" . Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography. New York: D. Appleton.
  5. Dorchester Atheneum: Charles Follen Adams
  6. Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Adams, Charles Follen" . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
  7. Mehring, Frank (2006). "Deutsch, Dutch, Double Dutch: Authentic and Artificial German-American Dialects". Amerikastudien / American Studies. 51.1: 93–113.
  8. Adams, Charles Follen (Harper's Magazine)
  9. "Mother's doughnuts" by Charles Follen Adams (Harper's Magazine)
  10. "“Cut, cut behind!”" by Charles Follen Adams (Harper's Magazine)
  11. https://archive.org/stream/newinternational01gilm#page/102/mode/1up
  12. Quint, Wilder D. (1897-12-18). "VII. Charles Follen Adams ("Yawcob Strauss") in Roxbury". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-08-08.
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