Irvin S. Cobb (1876–1944)
Autor(a) de Speaking of Operations
About the Author
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 mostrar mais 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) mostrar menos
Image credit: Photo by Pirie Macdonald, c1914 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-38207)
Séries
Obras de Irvin S. Cobb
Faith, Hope and Charity 4 cópias
Cobb's Cavalcade 4 cópias
Judge Priest Turns Detective 3 cópias
Chivalry Peak 3 cópias
Stories of Comedy 2 cópias
Some United States 2 cópias
On an island that cost $24.00 2 cópias
There is Such a Place 2 cópias
20 Humorous Stories: Collection 1 exemplar(es)
Döden skiftar arv 1 exemplar(es)
Prose and Cons 1 exemplar(es)
Words and Music 1 exemplar(es)
Exit laughing by Cobb, Irvin S. 1 exemplar(es)
PseudoPod 395: Fishhead 1 exemplar(es)
Judge Priest Comes Back [short story] 1 exemplar(es)
The Abandoned Farmers: His Humorous Account of a Retreat from the City to the Farm (2013) 1 exemplar(es)
Own recipe Book containing authoritative Directions for Making 78 Famous Drinks, Togerther with a Rollicking… (1934) 1 exemplar(es)
The Works of Irvin S. Cobb: Myself-To Date, From Place to Place, Back Home, Speaking of Operations, Local Color, Old… 1 exemplar(es)
World's Greatest Humorous Stories 1 exemplar(es)
Speaking of Operations and Other Stories 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (2007) — Contribuinte — 25 cópias
The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1922) — Contribuinte — 15 cópias
The Dead Valley And Others H.P. Lovecraft's Favorite Horror Stories Volume 2 (2016) — Contribuinte — 15 cópias
Great American Short Stories: O. Henry Memorial Prize Winning Stories, 1919-1934 (1935) — Contribuinte — 10 cópias
The Best Short Stories of 1916 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1916) — Contribuinte — 9 cópias
The Best Short Stories of 1923 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1924) — Contribuinte — 9 cópias
Representative American Short Stories — Contribuinte — 5 cópias
The Best Short Stories of 1928 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1928) — Contribuinte — 3 cópias
Rex Lardner Selects the Best of Sports Fiction — Contribuinte — 2 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Cobb, Irvin Shrewsbury
- Data de nascimento
- 1876-06-23
- Data de falecimento
- 1944-03-11
- Local de enterro
- Paducah, Kentucky, USA (ashes placed under a dogwood tree)
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Paducah, Kentucky, USA
- Local de falecimento
- New York, New York, USA
- Educação
- William A. Cade's Academy
- Ocupação
- journalist
humorist
screenwriter
playwright - Relacionamentos
- Chapman, Elisabeth Cobb (daughter)
Membros
Resenhas
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 77
- Also by
- 31
- Membros
- 515
- Popularidade
- #48,205
- Avaliação
- 3.6
- Resenhas
- 12
- ISBNs
- 209
- Idiomas
- 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."… (mais)