Cobb: 371 books

Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Irvin S. Cobb, ‘"Speaking of Operations".   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,...

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...

The grandson of the legendary baseball player reveals another side of “a fascinating, severely flawed sports icon” (Booklist).   Ty Cobb’s grandson Herschel saw a side of him that very few others did. While baseball fans were familiar with Cobb’s infamously cold, competitive nature—and...

16 Complete Works of Irvin S. Cobb   A Plea For Old Cap Collier Cobb's Anatomy Cobb's Bill-of-Fare Eating in Two or Three Languages Europe Revised Fibble, D. D From Place to Place 'Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are One Third Off Paths of Glory Roughing It De Luxe Speaking of Operations Sundry...

Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, ‘The Abandoned Farmers.’   A satirical story about one man's decision to leave the city.   Cobb is remembered best for his humorous stories of Kentucky and is part of the American literary regionalism...

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...

In these times many people feel that their cherished religious values are held hostage by the forces of secularization and that, as a consequence, society is morally bankrupt.  While acknowledging this problem, John Cobb overturns the prevailing expectations by drawing a distinction between secularization...

From Quarry to Cornfield provides an innovative model for examining the technology of hoe production and its contribution to the agriculture of Mississippian communities. Lithic specialist Charles Cobb examines the political economy in Mississippian communities through a case study of raw material...

Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, ‘Local Color.’   Felix Looms, the well-known author, disappeared - or, rather, he went away - on or about June fifteenth, four years ago. He told his friends, his landlady and his publisher - he had no immediate...

Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, ‘The Escape of Mr. Trimm.’   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...

Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb, ‘One Third Off.’   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),...

Richard P. Cobb tells the story of his great-grandfather, Ambrose Lambert Cobb, in this true account of the Civil War. Ambrose Lambert Cobb witnessed wonders and horrors that were sweeping in scope, including four long years as a Union soldier during the Civil War, which resulted in the deaths of...

“It had been a successful party, most successful. Mrs. Carroway's parties always were successes, but this one nearing its conclusion stood out notably from a long and unbroken Carrowayian record. It had been a children's party; that is to say, everybody came in costume with intent to represent children...

American humorist and newspaper columnist for The Saturday Evening Post and Cosmopolitan, Cobb is best known for his Judge Priest stories. Contents: The Lord Provides; A Blending of the Parables; Judge Priest Comes Back; A Chapter from the Life of an Ant; Sergeant Jimmy Bagby's Feet; According...