Irvin S. Cobb (1876–1944)
Forfatter af Speaking of Operations
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Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb was born on June 23, 1876 in Paducah, Kentucky. He was educated in public and private elementary schools an had intentions of getting a law degree when his grandfather died and his father was an alcoholic, so he pursued a writing career instead. Cobb is the author of more than vis mere 60 books and 300 short stories. He started in journalism on the Paducah Daily News at age seventeen, and became the nation's youngest managing news editor at nineteen. He later worked at the Louisville Evening Post for a year and a half. His anecdotal memoir "Exit Laughing," includes a firsthand account of the assassination of Kentucky Governor William Goebel in 1900 and the trials of his killers. Several of Cobb's stories were made into silent films. When Cobb died in New York City in 1944, his body was sent to Paducah for cremation. His ashes were placed under a dogwood tree. The granite boulder marking his remains is inscribed "Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb 1876-1944 Back Home". (Bowker Author Biography) vis mindre
Image credit: Photo by Pirie Macdonald, c1914 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-38207)
Serier
Værker af Irvin S. Cobb
Faith, Hope and Charity 4 eksemplarer
Cobb's Cavalcade 4 eksemplarer
Judge Priest Turns Detective 3 eksemplarer
Chivalry Peak 3 eksemplarer
Stories of Comedy 2 eksemplarer
Some United States 2 eksemplarer
On an island that cost $24.00 2 eksemplarer
Down Yonder with Judge Priest and Irvin S. Cobb 2 eksemplarer
29 Humorous Stories and Essays: Collection 2 eksemplarer
There is Such a Place 2 eksemplarer
20 Humorous Stories: Collection 1 eksemplar
Döden skiftar arv 1 eksemplar
Prose and Cons 1 eksemplar
Words and Music 1 eksemplar
Exit laughing by Cobb, Irvin S. 1 eksemplar
PseudoPod 395: Fishhead 1 eksemplar
Judge Priest Comes Back [short story] 1 eksemplar
The Abandoned Farmers: His Humorous Account of a Retreat from the City to the Farm (2013) 1 eksemplar
Own recipe Book containing authoritative Directions for Making 78 Famous Drinks, Togerther with a Rollicking… (1934) 1 eksemplar
World's Greatest Humorous Stories 1 eksemplar
Speaking of Operations and Other Stories 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (2007) — Bidragyder — 25 eksemplarer
The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1922) — Bidragyder — 15 eksemplarer
The Dead Valley And Others H.P. Lovecraft's Favorite Horror Stories Volume 2 (2016) — Bidragyder — 15 eksemplarer
Great American Short Stories: O. Henry Memorial Prize Winning Stories, 1919-1934 (1935) — Bidragyder — 10 eksemplarer
The Best Short Stories of 1916 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1916) — Bidragyder — 9 eksemplarer
The Best Short Stories of 1923 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1924) — Bidragyder — 9 eksemplarer
Representative American Short Stories — Bidragyder — 5 eksemplarer
The Best Short Stories of 1928 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1928) — Bidragyder — 3 eksemplarer
Rex Lardner Selects the Best of Sports Fiction — Bidragyder — 2 eksemplarer
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- Juridisk navn
- Cobb, Irvin Shrewsbury
- Fødselsdato
- 1876-06-23
- Dødsdag
- 1944-03-11
- Begravelsessted
- Paducah, Kentucky, USA (ashes placed under a dogwood tree)
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Fødested
- Paducah, Kentucky, USA
- Dødssted
- New York, New York, USA
- Uddannelse
- William A. Cade's Academy
- Erhverv
- journalist
humorist
screenwriter
playwright - Relationer
- Chapman, Elisabeth Cobb (daughter)
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- Værker
- 77
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- 31
- Medlemmer
- 515
- Popularitet
- #48,205
- Vurdering
- 3.6
- Anmeldelser
- 12
- ISBN
- 209
- Sprog
- 2
So glad I did. His reasons for writing the book? "For years I have noticed that persons who underwent pruning or remodeling at the hands of a duly qualified surgeon, and survived, like to talk about it afterward...Of all the readily available topics for use, whether among friends or among strangers, an operation seems to be the handiest and most dependable."… (mere)