Charles Heber Clark

Born in Berlin, Maryland, in 1841, Charles Heber Clark became a journalist, editor, novelist, and humorist. He is most often remembered by his pen name, Max Adeler, under which he published the comic writing that made him widely known.

Clark worked in newspapers before turning to longer humorous pieces, and his best-known book, Out of the Hurly-Burly, helped build his reputation in the 1870s. His writing was known for exaggeration, quick wit, and a light touch that fit the popular American humor of the period.

He died in 1915. Today, he is remembered as a lively comic voice of his era and as a writer who brought journalistic sharpness to literary humor.