COBB, IRVIN SHREWSBURY

1876–1944, American author, b. Paducah, Ky. He was a noted New York humorist and columnist. Although he wrote over 60 books, Cobb is best known for his humorous stories of Kentucky local color, first collected in Old Judge Priest (1915). Among his other books of humor are Speaking of Operations (1916) and Red Likker (1929).

See his autobiography, Exit Laughing (1942); study by F. G. Neuman (1934, repr. 1974).

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Exit Laughing
Book by Irvin S. Cobb; The Bobbs-Merrill Company, 1941
Subjects: Cobb, Irvin S--(Irvin Shrewsbury)--1876-1944
...book about Mr. J. Shrewsbury. For eccentricities...was Joshua , with Shrewsbury for a middle name...womenfolk accepted the Shrewsbury part, as having...countrified, whereas Irvin , which an aunt...through life--Josh Cobb!
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Living Authors: A Book of Biographies
Book by Stanley Kunitz, Dilly Tante; H. W. Wilson, 1935
Subjects: Authors, Biography--Dictionaries
...Who Went to Heaven 1930 , a tale of Japan. The Suns Diary , 1929 is "a book of days for any year." Irvin S. Cobb IRVIN SHREWSBURY COBB was born in Paducah, Kentucky, on June 23, 1876, and spent most of his early, days there. "In my...
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Biographical Dictionary of American Newspaper Columnists
Book by Sam G. Riley; Greenwood Press, 1995
Subjects: Fiction, Journalists--United States--Biography--Dictionaries
...Morning Richmond, Va., 1994 . Cobb, Irvin Shrewsbury 23 June 1876-10 March 1944...turnof-the-century humorist Irvin S. Cobb wrote his first column for the...the New York World 1905-1911 . Cobb was born in Paducah, Kentucky...
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Index to Reproductions of American Paintings: A Guide to Pictures Occurring in More Than Eight Hundred Books
Book by Isabel Stevenson Monro, Kate M. Monro; H. W. Wilson, 1948
Subjects: Painters--United States, Painting, American
...1748-1830 Sully, T.Samuel Coates Cobb, David, 1748-1830 Stuart, G. Gen David Cobb Cobb, Irvin Shrewsbury, 1876-1944 Adams, W. Irvin Cobb and his daughter Elizabeth Cobbler shop by T. Robinson Cobbler of old Paris by T. Robinson...
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The Reader's Encyclopedia: An Encyclopedia of World Literature and the Arts
Book by William Rose Benét; Thomas Y. Crowell, 1948
Subjects: Art--Dictionaries, Literature--Dictionaries, Music--Dictionaries
...her childrens books popular. Cobb, Humphrey 1899-1944 . American...successful play by Sidney Howard. Cobb, Irvin Shrewsbury 1876-1944 . American humorist...Laughing 1941 , an autobiography. Cobb, Ty Tyrus Raymond 1886- . American...
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Cobb, Irvin Shrewsbury
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
COBB, IRVIN SHREWSBURY 1876 1944, American author, b. Paducah, Ky. He was a noted New York humorist and columnist. Although he wrote over 60 books, Cobb is best known for his humorous stories of Kentucky local color, first...


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