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  • Paths of Glory

    Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front

    par Irvin S Cobb ...
    Collection series Complete Cobb
    What is enclosed between these covers was written as a series of first hand impressions during the fall and early winter of 1914 while the writer was on staff service for The Saturday Evening Post in the western theatre of the European War. I tried to write of war as I saw it at the time that I saw it, or immediately afterward, when the memory of what I had seen was fresh and vivid in my mind.In ... En savoir plus

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  • Europe Revised

    par Irvin S Cobb ...
    Collection series Complete Cobb
    Mr. Cobb's commentary on traveling in Europe as an American around the turn of the previous century gives an interesting sense of the era, and is always at least mildly amusing. But the real joy of this book is that Cobb is forever side-swiping you with startlingly funny, burst-out-laughing descriptions and observations.This book is amazingly valuable for a very simple reason. It was written and ... En savoir plus

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  • Speaking of Operations

    par Irvin S Cobb ...
    Collection series Complete Cobb
    Speaking of Operations is a monologue about the author's experience in having an operation in 1915 written in his typical tongue-in-cheek style.American author, humorist, editor and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky who relocated to New York during 1904, living there for the remainder of his life.Cobb joined the staff of the magazine Saturday Evening Post during 1911, and covered the Great War for ... En savoir plus

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  • The Glory of The Coming

    par Irvin S Cobb ...
    Collection series Complete Cobb
    Cobb is remembered best for his humorous stories of Kentucky and is part of the American literary regionalism school. These stories were collected first in the book Old Judge Priest (1915), whose title character was based on a prominent West Kentucky judge named William Pitman Bishop. Writer Joel Harris wrote of these tales, "Cobb created a South peopled with honorable citizens, charming ... En savoir plus

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  • J. Poindexter, Colored

    par Irvin S Cobb ...
    Collection series Complete Cobb
    Okay, let’s confront the elephant in the room and get this out of the way so we can talk about Irvin S. Cobb, J. Exodus Poindexter, and this remarkable book.The title, J. Poindexter, Colored, is politically incorrect. The novel is written from Poindexter’s viewpoint and in his voice, using the period dialect of an uneducated black man from Kentucky in the 1920s. Also, politically incorrect. If you ... En savoir plus

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  • The Spruce Street Tragedy

    par Irvin S Cobb ...
    Collection series Complete Cobb
    A classic late 19th-century US detective story!Cobb is remembered best for his humorous stories of Kentucky and is part of the American literary regionalism school. These stories were collected first in the book Old Judge Priest (1915), whose title character was based on a prominent West Kentucky judge named William Pitman Bishop. Writer Joel Harris wrote of these tales, "Cobb created a South ... En savoir plus

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  • Sundry Accounts

    par Irvin S Cobb ...
    Collection series Complete Cobb
    “There was a house in this town where always by night lights burned. In one of its rooms many lights burned; in each of the other rooms at least one light. It stood on Clay Street, on a treeless plot among flower beds, a small dull-looking house; and when late on dark nights all the other houses on Clay Street were solid blockings lifting from the lesser blackness of their background, the lights ... En savoir plus

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  • Cobb's Anatomy

    par Irvin S Cobb ...
    Collection series Complete Cobb
    Irving S. Cobb discusses the human body and its various strange parts in his own inimitable hilarious style. He discusses the tummy and the problems of having a large one; teeth, hair and finally hands and feet.Cobb joined the staff of the magazine Saturday Evening Post during 1911, and covered the Great War for the magazine. At the same time, he wrote a book about his experiences, published ... En savoir plus

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  • Ladies and Gentlemen

    par Irvin S Cobb ...
    Collection series Complete Cobb
    Cobb is remembered best for his humorous stories of Kentucky and is part of the American literary regionalism school. These stories were collected first in the book Old Judge Priest (1915), whose title character was based on a prominent West Kentucky judge named William Pitman Bishop. Writer Joel Harris wrote of these tales, "Cobb created a South peopled with honorable citizens, charming ... En savoir plus

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  • The Escape of Mr. Trimm

    par Irvin S Cobb ...
    Collection series Complete Cobb
    Cobb is remembered best for his humorous stories of Kentucky and is part of the American literary regionalism school. These stories were collected first in the book Old Judge Priest (1915), whose title character was based on a prominent West Kentucky judge named William Pitman Bishop. Writer Joel Harris wrote of these tales, "Cobb created a South peopled with honorable citizens, charming ... En savoir plus

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  • Eating in Two or Three Languages

    par Irvin S Cobb ...
    Collection series Complete Cobb
    The famous book of wartime culinary memoirs by Irvin S. Cobb.Cobb joined the staff of the magazine Saturday Evening Post during 1911, and covered the Great War for the magazine. At the same time, he wrote a book about his experiences, published during 1915, titled Paths Of Glory. After a second visit to France to cover the Great War, Cobb publicized the achievements of the unit known as theHarlem ... En savoir plus

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  • Roughing it De Luxe

    par Irvin S Cobb ...
    Collection series Complete Cobb
    “Cobb is a marvelous writer. The section about his travels in the Grand Canyon needs to be read by every person who likes both travel and humor, because it's hysterically funny. Cobb comes across in some ways like an early Bill Bryson. Highly recommended.”Avis BlackCobb joined the staff of the magazine Saturday Evening Post during 1911, and covered the Great War for the magazine. At the same time, ... En savoir plus

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