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Benj. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cobb
1844–1923
An American journalist and writer whose work ranged from business-minded books to light, witty fiction, he wrote during a period of rapid change in the United States. His surviving books include the Jack Henderson stories and the nursery-rhyme collection Yankee Mother Goose.
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Jack Henderson on tipping
by Benj. F. (Benjamin Franklin) Cobb
About the author
Benjamin Franklin Cobb was an American journalist and writer born in 1844. Library and public-domain records connect him with books such as Jack Henderson on Experience, Jack Henderson on Tipping, Richard Vaughn, The Realm of the Retail Lumberman, and Yankee Mother Goose.
The record that emerges suggests a practical, wide-ranging author. Some sources describe him as a journalist who also worked in the lumber trade and edited journals connected with that industry, which fits the mix of business and general-interest writing published under his name.
Although he is not widely known today, Cobb's work still survives through library catalogs and public-domain editions. His writing offers a glimpse of late 19th- and early 20th-century American reading, moving comfortably between advice, humor, and storytelling.