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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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.jpg) c. 1900 | |
| 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 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.
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