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Franklin P. Adams was born in Chicago in 1881, and while he later moved on to other cities, it was here that he began his career as a writer. He was a journalist at the Chicago Journal from 1903 to 1904, and collaborated with O. Henry on a musical comedy produced in 1909. He wrote a column called "Conning Tower" and frequently appeared on the radio program "Information Please."

Works:

• Tobogganing on Parnassus, 1911
• So Much Velvet, 1924
• Diary of Our Own Samuel Pepys, 1935
• Melancholy Lute, 1936
• Nods and Becks, 1944
• Hits and Errors, 1947
• F.P.A. : The Life and Times of Franklin Pierce Adams, (By Sally Ashley)

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