Edward Pollock Explained

Edward Pollock (September 2, 1823 Philadelphia  - December 13, 1858) was an American poet best known for writing "The Parting Hour" in 1857.

Life

He worked as a child in a cotton factory. He apprenticed with a sign-painter. In 1852, he moved to San Francisco, California,^[1] and became a contributor to the Pioneer magazine. He studied law and was admitted as an attorney at the California Supreme Court in 1866. He died in 1865^[2]

In his book A First Book of Jurisprudence for Students of the Common Law he wrote:^[3]

Works

• Book: Poems. Edward Pollock. James F. Bowman. J.B. Lippincott & Co.. 1876 .

Notes and References

1. Book: A Literary history of the American West. Western Literature Association . TCU Press. 1987 . 978-0-87565-021-0 .
2. Book: The story of the files: a review of California writers and literature. Ella Sterling Mighels. Ella Sterling Mighels. Cooperative printing co.. 1893 . 9780598279521.
3. Pound . Roscoe . Mechanical Jurisprudence . Columbia Law Review . 1908 . 8 . 8 . 605 .