The Poet Andrew Skigg author Elbert Shamroc

by Elbert Shamroc

The philosopher, poet, and novelist, Elbert Shamroc, was raised in the rural western United States at the beginning the twentieth century. He spent most of his writing career on the East Coast, largely in Washington, D.C., where he worked at the Naval Hospital.

A novel – The Poet Andrew Skigg – along with several associated poems, are among Mr. Shamroc's few known surviving works.