Zadel Barnes Gustafson
Zadel Barnes Buddington Gustafson was an American author, poet and journalist.Biography
Zadel Barnes was born in Middletown, Connecticut. She was the daughter of Duane Barnes and Cynthia Turner. Early in her life, she began writing verses, stories and sketches. A paper by her in favor of the abolition of capital punishment attracted general attention.
She contribute articles and fictional pieces to leading publications including the Pall Mall Gazette, Leslie's Weekly, and Harper's Monthly Magazine. For two years she was political editor of the Springfield Republican in Springfield, Massachusetts. She wrote a tribute to the poet William Cullen Bryant of which John Greenleaf Whittier wrote: I can only compare it with Milton's Lycidas; it is worthy of any living poet at least. Her poem Little Martin Craghan, based on the true story of a twelve-year-old boy whose heroism cost him his life in the mines of Pittston, Pennsylvania, became very popular.
She married Henry Budington when she was 16 in 1857. They were divorced around 1879. She later married Axel Carl Johan Gustafson. Her published works appeared under the name Zadel Turner Barnes as well as Z. B. Budington and Z. B. Gustafson. She was the grandmother of Djuna Barnes.Publications
She edited:
