Charles Follen Adams

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Charles Follen Adams (1842-1918) was an American poet.[1][2] During the American Civil War, Adams was a soldier and he was wounded in action.[3] He was then taken as a prisoner of war. In 1872, he began writing humorous verses for periodicals and newspapers in a Pennsylvania German dialect.

[edit] His works

  • Mother's Doughnuts (1885)[4]
  • Cut, Cut Behind ! (1886)[5]
  • Leedle Yawcob Strauss, and Other Poems (1876)[6]
  • Dialect Ballads (1887)
  • Yawcob Strauss, and Other Poems (1910)[7]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Adams, Charles Follen, 1842-1918. Papers: Guide
  2. ^ Charles Follen Adams - Britannica Online Encyclopedia
  3. ^ Dorchester Atheneum: Charles Follen Adams
  4. ^ "Mother's doughnuts" by Charles Follen Adams (Harper's Magazine)
  5. ^ "“Cut, cut behind!”" by Charles Follen Adams (Harper's Magazine)
  6. ^ Adams, Charles Follen (Harper's Magazine)
  7. ^ VII. Charles Follen Adams ("Yawcob Strauss") in Roxbury. - Article Preview - The New York Times

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