Irvin S. Cobb (1876–1944)
Author of 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 show more 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) show less
Image credit: Photo by Pirie Macdonald, c1914 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-38207)
Series
Works by Irvin S. Cobb
Cobb's Cavalcade 4 copies
Faith, Hope and Charity 4 copies
Judge Priest Turns Detective 3 copies
Chivalry Peak 3 copies
There is Such a Place 2 copies
On an island that cost $24.00 2 copies
Stories of Comedy 2 copies
Döden skiftar arv 1 copy
Prose and Cons 1 copy
Words and Music 1 copy
Associated Works
101 Years' Entertainment: The Great Detective Stories 1841-1941 (1941) — Contributor — 105 copies, 1 review
The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (2007) — Contributor — 27 copies
The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (2007) — Contributor — 16 copies
The Dead Valley And Others H.P. Lovecraft's Favorite Horror Stories Volume 2 (2016) — Contributor — 15 copies
Great American Short Stories: O. Henry Memorial Prize Winning Stories, 1919-1934 (1935) — Contributor — 11 copies, 1 review
The Best Short Stories of 1916 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1916) — Contributor — 11 copies
The Best Short Stories of 1923 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1924) — Contributor — 9 copies
The Best Short Stories of 1928 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1928) — Contributor — 3 copies
Rex Lardner Selects the Best of Sports Fiction — Contributor — 2 copies
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- Legal name
- Cobb, Irvin Shrewsbury
- Birthdate
- 1876-06-23
- Date of death
- 1944-03-11
- Burial location
- Paducah, Kentucky, USA (ashes placed under a dogwood tree)
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- USA
- Birthplace
- Paducah, Kentucky, USA
- Place of death
- New York, New York, USA
- Education
- William A. Cade's Academy
- Occupations
- journalist
humorist
screenwriter
playwright - Relationships
- Chapman, Elisabeth Cobb (daughter)
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Statistics
- Works
- 77
- Also by
- 33
- Members
- 493
- Popularity
- #50,127
- Rating
- 3.7
- Reviews
- 12
- ISBNs
- 210
- Languages
- 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."… (more)