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Frank Cobb
A sharp, influential newspaper editor of the Progressive Era, he helped shape public debate through forceful editorials at the New York World. His writing was known for its energy, independence, and strong support for reform-minded politics.
3 Audiobooks
Battling the clouds : or, For a comrade's honor
by Frank Cobb
Dangerous deeds : or, The flight in the dirigible
by Frank Cobb
An aviator's luck : or, The Camp Knox plot
by Frank Cobb
About the author
Frank Irving Cobb was an American journalist and editorial writer born in Kansas in 1869. After early work in education and local journalism, he built a reputation as a powerful writer and joined the New York World, where he became closely associated with Joseph Pulitzer.
In 1904, he succeeded Pulitzer as editor of the World. He became especially well known for his hard-hitting editorials and for backing liberal Democratic causes during the Progressive Era, including support for Woodrow Wilson.
Cobb died in New York in 1923, but his reputation as a bold newspaper voice lasted well beyond his lifetime. He is remembered less as a novelist or traditional literary author than as a public writer whose editorials helped define the tone of one of America’s most important newspapers.