James Barton Adams (April 17, 1843 – April 22, 1918)
[Former Denver Humorist and Poet is Dead: James Barton Adams, Well-Known Thruout Country, Had Been Giving War Services to Nation.”]
in ''The Denver Times
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''; published April 23, 1918; archived at the National Cowboy Museum
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was one of the few
cowboy poets published in the 19th century, with the book, ''Breezy Western Verse'' in 1898.
Adams' works were typically published in newspapers, as he was a
telegraph operator
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During the Great War the Royal ...
and knew many journalists.
[
Adams was included in several collections, including ]John A. Lomax
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's ''Songs of the Cattle Train and Cow Camp'' ( Macmillan Co., 1919). In 1945, Louis Untermeyer
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Life and career
Untermeyer was born in New Y ...
included Adams' poem, "Bill's in Trouble" in the collection, ''The Pocket Book of Story Poems'' ( Pocket Books, Inc. 1945). Most recently, Adams' poems, ''The Cowboy's Dance Song'' and ''Cowboy Goes a Courtin'', were included in the book, ''Cowboy Love Poetry: Verse from the Heart of the West'' (Angel City Press, 1994).
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19th-century American poets
American male poets
1843 births
1918 deaths
19th-century American male writers
Deaths from pneumonia in Washington (state)
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