Charles Frederic Goss

Born in 1852 and dying in 1930, Charles Frederic Goss was an American clergyman and author. He served as a Methodist minister, and his work in the church shaped the moral and spiritual themes that run through his writing.

He is best remembered for the 1900 novel The Redemption of David Corson, a story that brought him a wider readership. Alongside fiction, he was also known in Colorado public life, especially in Denver, where his religious and civic interests seem to have overlapped.

His career gives a glimpse of a period when ministers often wrote for a broad audience, blending storytelling with questions of character, belief, and social duty. That mix of pastoral concern and literary ambition still gives his work a distinctive flavor.