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George V. (George Vere) Hobart
1867–1926
A prolific early 20th-century humorist and playwright, he helped shape American musical comedy and became widely known for the comic "Dinkelspiel" letters. His work ranged from stage librettos and songs to novels and newspaper satire.
7 Audiobooks
Back to the Woods: The Story of a Fall from Grace
by George V. (George Vere) Hobart
Skiddoo!
by George V. (George Vere) Hobart
Get Next!
by George V. (George Vere) Hobart
The Silly Syclopedia A Terrible Thing in the Form of a Literary Torpedo which is Launched for Hilarious Purposes Only Inaccurate in Every Particular Containing Copious Etymological Derivations and Other Useless Things
by George V. (George Vere) Hobart
You Should Worry Says John Henry
by George V. (George Vere) Hobart
Down the line with John Henry
by George V. (George Vere) Hobart
You Can Search Me
by George V. (George Vere) Hobart
About the author
Born in Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia, in 1867, George V. Hobart built a busy career as a Canadian-American writer, humorist, and playwright. He became nationally known for his "Dinkelspiel" letters, a popular satirical newspaper feature written in a comic German-American dialect that brought him a wide audience.
Hobart went on to write more than 50 musical comedy librettos and plays, along with novels and songs. His output made him a familiar name in popular entertainment in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, and contemporary accounts described him as one of America’s most popular humorists and playwrights.
He died in Cumberland, Maryland, in 1926. Today he is remembered for the sheer range of his work and for the lively, theatrical humor that connected newspaper readers, theatergoers, and popular audiences of his time.