Frederick J. Pohl
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Frederick Julius Pohl was a prolific playwright, literary critic, editor, and book writer. He is best known for his books espousing speculative and controversial historical theories of Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact
by Europeans, including the Vikings and others. He was also the husband of the playwright/author Josephine Pollitt (d. 1978) and later Loretta Champagne Baker (1906-2002). He graduated from Amherst College in 1911, and graduated from Columbia University in 1914 with a Master of Arts.
Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact
Theories of Pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact are those theories that propose interaction between indigenous peoples of the Americas who settled the Americas before 10,000 BC, and peoples of other continents , which occurred before the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Caribbean in 1492.Many...
by Europeans, including the Vikings and others. He was also the husband of the playwright/author Josephine Pollitt (d. 1978) and later Loretta Champagne Baker (1906-2002). He graduated from Amherst College in 1911, and graduated from Columbia University in 1914 with a Master of Arts.
Other works
- Like to the Lark: The Early Years of Shakespeare (Clarkson N. Potter, 1972)
- Amerigo Vespucci: Pilot Major (Octagon, 1966)
- The New Columbus (Rochester, NY: Dupont Books, 1986)
- William Shakespeare: A Biography (Rochester, NY: Dupont Books, 1983)
- (Ed.) Frederick A. Cook Return from the Pole (New York: Pellegrini & Cudahy, 1951)