Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb Audiobooks

Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb

1876–1944

A sharp-eyed newspaper man turned beloved humorist, he brought Kentucky voices and small-town characters to life with warmth, wit, and a reporter’s feel for telling detail. His stories of Judge Priest and other Southern figures made him one of the most widely read American entertainers of his day.

About the author

Born in Paducah, Kentucky, in 1876, Irvin S. Cobb left school young and went into newspaper work, becoming managing editor of the Paducah Daily News while still in his teens. In 1904 he moved to New York, where he joined Joseph Pulitzer’s New York World and rose to national fame as a reporter, editor, and columnist known for his lively style and quick humor.

Cobb wrote across just about every form that would reach an audience: newspaper pieces, short stories, novels, essays, lectures, screenwriting, and public appearances. He published more than 60 books and hundreds of short stories, and he became especially well known for tales set in Kentucky, including the popular Judge Priest stories, which mixed comedy, local color, and affection for the people and speech of the American South.

By the early 20th century, he was one of the best-known humor writers in the United States, admired for turning everyday situations into stories that felt both funny and observant. He died in New York in 1944, but his work still offers a vivid picture of the era’s journalism, stagecraft, and storytelling traditions.

Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury) Cobb

30 Audiobooks

My Story That I Like Best

Europe Revised

J. Poindexter, Colored

Roughing it De Luxe

"Speaking of Operations--"

The cowboy and the lady and her pa : A story of a fish out of water

Sundry Accounts

The Glory of the Coming What Mine Eyes Have Seen of Americans in Action in This Year of Grace and Allied Endeavor

The Escape of Mr. Trimm His Plight and other Plights

Cobb's Anatomy

The Lost Tribes of the Irish in the South An Address at the Annual Dinner of the American Irish Historical Society, January 6, 1917

"Speaking of Prussians--"

Back Home: Being the Narrative of Judge Priest and His People

From Place to Place

Old Judge Priest

The Life of the Party

The Thunders of Silence

Cobb's Bill-of-Fare

'Oh, Well, You Know How Women Are!'

A Plea for Old Cap Collier

Paths of Glory: Impressions of War Written at and Near the Front

Eating in Two or Three Languages

Local Color

One Third Off

A laugh a day keeps the doctor away

The Red Glutton: With the German Army at the Front

Ladies and Gentlemen

The Abandoned Farmers His Humorous Account of a Retreat from the City to the Farm

Fibble, D.D.

Those Times and These

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