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Samuel Hopkins Adams

Adams was born in Dunkirk, New York. Adams was a muckraker, known for exposing public-health injustices. He was the son of Myron Adams, Jr., a minister, and Hester Rose Hopkins. Adams attended Hamilton College in Clinton, New York from 1887-1891, he also attended a semester at Union College. In 1907 Adams divorced his wife, Elizabeth Ruffner Noyes, after having two daughters. Eight years later Adams married an actress, Jane Peyton. Adams was a close friend of both the investigative reporter Ray Stannard Baker and District Attorney Benjamin Darrow.

Adams was a prolific writer, who wrote fiction as well. "Night Bus", one of Adams's many magazine stories, became the basis for the film It Happened One Night. Adams's first solo novel was in 1908, Flying Death, which added to his mystery collection. His best-known novel, Revelry (1926), based on the scandals of the Harding administration, was later followed by Incredible Era (1939), a biography of Harding.

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Born 1871
Died 1958

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  • Cover of: The Great American Fraud: Articles on the Nostrum Evil and Quacks, in Two Series

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  • Cover of: Incredible Era: Life and Times of William Gamaliel Harding

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    First published in 1951 — 4 editions
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Born 1871
Died 1958

Subjects

Fiction, Juvenile literature, Social life and customs, Biography, Fiction, general, Fiction, historical, general, History, New york (state), fiction, Advertising, American Authors, American Detective and mystery stories, Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography, CHR 1945, Child development, Cryptozoology, Curriculum planning, Detective Fiction, Detective and mystery stories, Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted, Educational psychology, Employment, Exploitation, Fiction, erotica, general, Fiction, historical, Fiction, mystery & detective, general

Places

United States, New York (State), Erie Canal (N.Y.), Canada, Frontier, Marion Ohio, Montauk Point (N.Y.), New York (N.Y.), Ohio., Washington (D.C.)

People

Warren G. Harding (1865-1923), Alexander Woollcott (1887-1943), Borah, Cinderella, Daniel Webster (1782-1852), Florence Harding, Gaston Means, Godahl, Harry Daugherty, Isaac Brock Sir (1769-1812), Jesse Smith, Lamson, Lamson's cook, Mark Hanna, Nan Britton, Peggy Eaton (1799?-1879), Sherlock Holmes, Wayne Wheeler, William Becknell (1787 or 8-1856)

Time

20th century, 1763-1867, 1849, 1901-1910, 1921-1923, War of 1812

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Alternative names

  • S.H. Adams

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March 25, 2022 Edited by mheiman merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
October 10, 2018 Edited by mountainaxe1 Edited without comment.
October 10, 2018 Edited by mountainaxe1 Added new photo
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import