Charles Follen Adams

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

Biography
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. 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. His first published work was “The Puzzled Dutchman” which appeared in Our Young Folks.

Works
Each year links to its corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
 * 1878: Leedle Yawcob Strauss, and Other Poems
 * 1885: Mother's Doughnuts
 * 1886: Cut, Cut Behind !
 * 1887: Dialect Ballads
 * 1910: Yawcob Strauss, and Other Poems