Franklin Pierce Adams (November 15, 1881 – March 23, 1960) was an American columnist known as Franklin P. Adams and by his initials F.P.A. Famed for his wit, he is best known for his newspaper column, "The Conning Tower", and his appearances as a regular panelist on radio's Information Please. A prolific writer of light verse, he was a member of the Algonquin Round Table of the 1920s and '30s. (From Wikipedia) More about Franklin P. Adams:
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| | Books by Franklin P. Adams: Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: Men I'm Not Married To; Women I'm Not Married To (two works in 1 volume; Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1922), also by Dorothy Parker Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: Something Else Again (HTML at Poets' Corner) Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: Something Else Again (Garden City, NY and London: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1920) (Gutenberg text and page images) Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: Tobogganing on Parnassus (Gutenberg text) Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: Tobogganing on Parnassus, (Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page and Co., 1911)
Additional books by Franklin P. Adams in the extended shelves: Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: Among us mortals; pictures and legends by W. E. Hill (Houghton Mifflin company, 1917), also by W. E. Hill (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: The book of diversion (Greenberg, Inc., 1925), also by Jack Bechdolt and Deems Taylor (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: By and large (Doubleday, Page & company, 1914) (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: By and large (Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: Column book of F. P. A. (Doubleday, Doran, 1928) (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: Column book of T. P. A. (Doubleday, Doran & company, inc., 1928) (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: The Conning tower book; being a selection of the best verses publihsed in the Conning tower, edited by F.P.A. in the New York world. (Macy-Masius, 1926) (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: The Conning tower book; being a selection of the best verses published in the Conning tower (Macy-Masius, 1926) (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: Half a loaf (Doubleday, Page & company, 1927) (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: Heywood Broun as he seemed to us (Published for the Newspaper guild of New York, by Random house, 1940), also by Newspaper Guild of New York and John L. Lewis (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: In cupid's court. (W. S. Lord, 1902) (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: In other words (Doubleday, Page, 1912) (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: Overset (Doubleday, Page & Company, 1922) (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: The second Conning tower book; being a collection, in the main (Macy-Masius, 1927) (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: So much velvet (Doubleday, Page & company, 1925) (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: So there! (Doubleday, Page & Company, 1923) (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: Something else again (Doubleday, Page & company, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: Tobogganing on Parnassus (Doubleday, Page & Company, 1911) (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: Tobogganing on Parnassus (Doubleday, Page, 1913) (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: Tobogganning on Parnassus (Doubleday, Page, 1913) (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: Tobogganning on Parnassus, (Doubleday, Page & Company, 1920) (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: Tobogganning on Parnassus. ([publisher not identified], 1911) (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: Weights and measures (Doubleday, Page & company, 1923) (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: Weights and measures (Doubleday, Page & Co., 1917) (page images at HathiTrust) Adams, Franklin P. (Franklin Pierce), 1881-1960: Women I'm not married to (Doubleday, Page & company, 1922) (page images at HathiTrust)
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