Oliver Optic, was a noted academic, author, and a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Among his best-known works were the two "Blue & Gray" series, which were set during the Civil War. Adams' writing was criticized by Louisa May Alcott, among others. Alcott used her story Eight Cousins to deplore Adams' use of slang, his cast of bootblacks and newsboys, and his stories of police courts and saloons. Adams responded in kind, pointing out Alcott's own use of slang and improbable plot twists
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