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Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
1876–1944
A Kentucky-born journalist turned celebrated humorist, he built a national reputation with lively stories, newspaper writing, and the much-loved Judge Priest tales. His work mixes sharp observation with warmth, small-town color, and an easy storytelling style.
30 Audiobooks
My Story That I Like Best
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb, James Oliver Curwood, Edna Ferber, Peter B. (Peter Bernard) Kyne, Meredith Nicholson, H. C. (Harry Charles) Witwer
J. Poindexter, Colored
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
Europe Revised
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
Roughing it De Luxe
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
"Speaking of Operations--"
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
The cowboy and the lady and her pa : A story of a fish out of water
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
The Glory of the Coming What Mine Eyes Have Seen of Americans in Action in This Year of Grace and Allied Endeavor
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
Sundry Accounts
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
Cobb's Anatomy
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
"Speaking of Prussians--"
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
From Place to Place
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
Paths of Glory: Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
Back Home: Being the Narrative of Judge Priest and His People
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
The Life of the Party
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
The Lost Tribes of the Irish in the South An Address at the Annual Dinner of the American Irish Historical Society, January 6, 1917
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
Old Judge Priest
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
The Thunders of Silence
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
Cobb's Bill-of-Fare
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
'Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are!'
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb, Mary Roberts Rinehart
A Plea for Old Cap Collier
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
Eating in Two or Three Languages
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
The Abandoned Farmers His Humorous Account of a Retreat from the City to the Farm
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
A laugh a day keeps the doctor away
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
One Third Off
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
Local Color
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
The Red Glutton: With the German Army at the Front
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
Fibble, D.D.
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
Ladies and Gentlemen
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
Those Times and These
by Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb
About the author
Born in Paducah, Kentucky, in 1876, Irvin S. Cobb began working in newspapers while still young and quickly moved up in journalism. By 1904 he was in New York, where his reporting and columns for Joseph Pulitzer's New York World made him one of the best-known newspaper writers of his day.
Cobb went on to write prolifically across several forms, including short stories, novels, essays, and humor pieces. He became especially well known for the Judge Priest stories, which drew on Kentucky life and helped make him popular with a wide national readership.
Beyond print, he also worked as a lecturer, screenwriter, and performer, showing how naturally his storytelling carried into other media. He died in 1944, but he remains remembered as a major American humorist whose writing joined wit, regional character, and a reporter's eye for memorable detail.