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Local Color: The Works of Irvin S. Cobb
Local Color: The Works of Irvin S. Cobb
Copyright, 1916
CONTENTS
Dedication
Chapter 1. Local Color
Chapter 2. Field of Honor
Chapter 3. The Smart Aleck
Chapter 4. Blacker than Sin
Chapter 5. The Eyes of the World
Chapter 6. The Great Auk
Chapter 7. First Corinthians, 8:4
Chapter 8. Enter the Villain
Chapter 9. Persona Au Gratin
Chapter 10. Smooth Crossing
Chapter 1. Local Color
Felix Looms, the well-known author, disappeared--or, rather, he went away--on or about June fifteenth, four years ago. He told his friends, his landlady and his publisher--he had no immediate family--he felt run down and debilitated and he meant to go away for a good long stay. He might try the Orient; then again perhaps he would go to the South Seas. When he came back, which might be in a year or two years or even three, he expected to bring with him the material for a longer and better book than any he had written. Meantime he wanted to cut loose, as he put it, from everything. He intended, he said, to write no letters while he was gone and he expected to receive none.
He gave a power of attorney to a lawyer with whom he had occasional dealings, left in bank a modest balance to meet any small forgotten bills that might turn up after his departure, surrendered his bachelor apartments in the Rubens Studio Building, paid off his housekeeper, said good-bye to a few persons, wrote explanatory notes to a few more; and then quietly--as he did everything in this life--he vanished.
(Continued...)
Copyright, 1916
CONTENTS
Dedication
Chapter 1. Local Color
Chapter 2. Field of Honor
Chapter 3. The Smart Aleck
Chapter 4. Blacker than Sin
Chapter 5. The Eyes of the World
Chapter 6. The Great Auk
Chapter 7. First Corinthians, 8:4
Chapter 8. Enter the Villain
Chapter 9. Persona Au Gratin
Chapter 10. Smooth Crossing
Chapter 1. Local Color
Felix Looms, the well-known author, disappeared--or, rather, he went away--on or about June fifteenth, four years ago. He told his friends, his landlady and his publisher--he had no immediate family--he felt run down and debilitated and he meant to go away for a good long stay. He might try the Orient; then again perhaps he would go to the South Seas. When he came back, which might be in a year or two years or even three, he expected to bring with him the material for a longer and better book than any he had written. Meantime he wanted to cut loose, as he put it, from everything. He intended, he said, to write no letters while he was gone and he expected to receive none.
He gave a power of attorney to a lawyer with whom he had occasional dealings, left in bank a modest balance to meet any small forgotten bills that might turn up after his departure, surrendered his bachelor apartments in the Rubens Studio Building, paid off his housekeeper, said good-bye to a few persons, wrote explanatory notes to a few more; and then quietly--as he did everything in this life--he vanished.
(Continued...)
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First published January 1, 1916
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About the author
Irvin S. Cobb
306 books18 followers(Irvin Shrewsbury Cobb)
American author, humorist, editor and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky who relocated to New York during 1904, living there for the remainder of his life.
He wrote for the New York World, Joseph Pulitzer's newspaper, as the highest paid staff reporter in the United States.
Cobb also wrote more than 60 books and 300 short stories. Some of his works were adapted for silent movies. Several of his Judge Priest short stories were adapted for two feature films during the 1930s directed by John Ford.
American author, humorist, editor and columnist from Paducah, Kentucky who relocated to New York during 1904, living there for the remainder of his life.
He wrote for the New York World, Joseph Pulitzer's newspaper, as the highest paid staff reporter in the United States.
Cobb also wrote more than 60 books and 300 short stories. Some of his works were adapted for silent movies. Several of his Judge Priest short stories were adapted for two feature films during the 1930s directed by John Ford.
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