Irvin S. Cobb (1876–1944)
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Sobre El Autor
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 más 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
Créditos de la imagen: Photo by Pirie Macdonald, c1914 (Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division, Reproduction number: LC-USZ62-38207)
Series
Obras de Irvin S. Cobb
Faith, Hope and Charity 4 copias
Cobb's Cavalcade 4 copias
Judge Priest Turns Detective 3 copias
Chivalry Peak 3 copias
Stories of Comedy 2 copias
Some United States 2 copias
On an island that cost $24.00 2 copias
There is Such a Place 2 copias
20 Humorous Stories: Collection 1 copia
Döden skiftar arv 1 copia
Prose and Cons 1 copia
Words and Music 1 copia
Exit laughing by Cobb, Irvin S. 1 copia
PseudoPod 395: Fishhead 1 copia
Obras relacionadas
The Best Short Stories of 1917 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (2007) — Contribuidor — 25 copias
The Best Short Stories of 1921 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1922) — Contribuidor — 15 copias
The Dead Valley And Others H.P. Lovecraft's Favorite Horror Stories Volume 2 (2016) — Contribuidor — 15 copias
Great American Short Stories: O. Henry Memorial Prize Winning Stories, 1919-1934 (1935) — Contribuidor — 10 copias
The Best Short Stories of 1916 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1916) — Contribuidor — 10 copias
The Best Short Stories of 1923 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1924) — Contribuidor — 9 copias
Representative American Short Stories — Contribuidor — 5 copias
The Best Short Stories of 1928 and the Yearbook of the American Short Story (1928) — Contribuidor — 3 copias
Rex Lardner Selects the Best of Sports Fiction — Contribuidor — 2 copias
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Nombre legal
- Cobb, Irvin Shrewsbury
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1876-06-23
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1944-03-11
- Lugar de sepultura
- Paducah, Kentucky, USA (ashes placed under a dogwood tree)
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- USA
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Paducah, Kentucky, USA
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- New York, New York, USA
- Educación
- William A. Cade's Academy
- Ocupaciones
- journalist
humorist
screenwriter
playwright - Relaciones
- Chapman, Elisabeth Cobb (daughter)
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- Obras
- 77
- También por
- 31
- Miembros
- 515
- Popularidad
- #48,205
- Valoración
- 3.6
- Reseñas
- 12
- ISBNs
- 209
- Idiomas
- 2
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