Charles Frederic Goss (June 14, 1852 - May 7, 1930) was an American clergyman and author. His 1900 novel The Redemption of David Corson was a best selling book of that year.[1] He also edited and partly authored a series of volumes on the history of Cincinnati.
Charles Frederic Goss | |
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| Born | June 14, 1852 |
| Died | May 7, 1930 (aged 77) |
| Resting place | Spring Grove Cemetery |
Goss was born in Meridian, New York on June 14, 1852. He graduated from Hamilton College in New York in 1873 (he also later received a Doctor of Divinity degree from there in 1898),[2] and from the Auburn Theological Seminary in 1876.[3] He also married Rosa E. Houghton in 1876 and was ordained as a Presbyterian minister.[4] After serving in churches in Texas, New York, Pennsylvania, and Chicago (at Moody Church), he became pastor of Avondale Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati in 1894.[4][5] Popular columns that Goss wrote for the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune as The Optimist were published as a book of the same name in 1897, and his writing career grew from there.[6]
In January 1906, a play based on Corson written by Charlotte Blair Parker debuted on Broadway, and ran for 16 performances.[7] In 1914, the book was made into a silent film.[8]
A 2012 episode[9] of the HBO television drama Boardwalk Empire featured a character reading The Redemption of David Corson.
References
edit- ^ Annual Bestsellers, 1900-1909 Archived 2013-09-28 at the Wayback Machine (Rankings from Bowker's Annual/Publishers Weekly)
- ^ Alumni Notes, The Hamilton Review (June 1900), p. 24
- ^ Alumniana, p. 336 (Vol. IV, No. 8) (February 1901)
- ^ a b Cincinnati, the Queen City, 1788-1912, Volume 4, p. 24-27 (1912) (biographical sketch)
- ^ 1876 Graduates and Students, General biographical catalogue of Auburn Theological Seminary, 1818-1918, p. 179 (1918)
- ^ Charles Frederic Goss, Book News (Vol. XIX, No. 219) (November 1900)
- ^ (28 January 1906). More New Plays, Telegraph Herald
- ^ "The Redemption of David Corson"
- ^ Season 3, Episode 34, "A Man, a Plan..."
