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A valuable signed set of Irvin S. Cobb books has been donated to the Museum. The books were 'rescued' from a Chicago yard sale, and brought to the Market House Museum in the 1980s. Irvin S. Cobb, who was born in Paducah in 1876 to parents Joshua and Manie Saunders Cobb, was a favorite with many readers because of his home town humor. In his literary career, besides writing over 600 articles and books, he wrote a hilarious, weekly column called "Sour Mash." in 1898 he was associated with the Louisville Evening Post. He then went to the Evening Sun in New York, graduating to the Saturday Evening Post in 1911. He covered the Russian-Japanese Peace Conference, in which Teddy Roosevelt was the mediator. He also covered the scandalous Stanford White murder trial. In 1914, he was the first 'on the scene' reporter for the frontlines of WWI. Cobb died in New York City of dropsy, in 1944. The set of signed first edition books were donated by Robert and Shirley Knight, of Dover, Tennessee. Robert had been born in Mayfield, but later lived in Paducah, Kentucky. Mr Knight had always spoken of Paducah's famous Cobb to his family, and the couple thought the set of signed books would be a nice addition to the Museum's collections. Mr Knight has since passed away, and his widow has asked that the books be inscribed with a frontspiece denoting their origin.


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	Directions For driving directions, enter your address, including state. (example: 233 N 8th St Paducah, KY 42001)	A valuable signed set of Irvin S. Cobb books has been donated to the Museum. The books were 'rescued' from a Chicago yard sale, and brought to the Market House Museum in the 1980s. Irvin S. Cobb, who was born in Paducah in 1876 to parents Joshua and Manie Saunders Cobb, was a favorite with many readers because of his home town humor. In his literary career, besides writing over 600 articles and books, he wrote a hilarious, weekly column called "Sour Mash." in 1898 he was associated with the Louisville Evening Post. He then went to the Evening Sun in New York, graduating to the Saturday Evening Post in 1911. He covered the Russian-Japanese Peace Conference, in which Teddy Roosevelt was the mediator. He also covered the scandalous Stanford White murder trial. In 1914, he was the first 'on the scene' reporter for the frontlines of WWI. Cobb died in New York City of dropsy, in 1944. The set of signed first edition books were donated by Robert and Shirley Knight, of Dover, Tennessee. Robert had been born in Mayfield, but later lived in Paducah, Kentucky. Mr Knight had always spoken of Paducah's famous Cobb to his family, and the couple thought the set of signed books would be a nice addition to the Museum's collections. Mr Knight has since passed away, and his widow has asked that the books be inscribed with a frontspiece denoting their origin.