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A Plea for Old Cap Collier

A Plea for Old Cap Collier

Cobb, Irvin S.

Hardcover

Literary FiguresGeneral World History

ISBN10: 1161418369
ISBN13: 9781161418361
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: May 23 2010
Pages: 22
Weight: 0.58
Height: 0.25 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
A Plea For Old Cap Collier is a book written by Irvin S. Cobb, an American author and humorist, originally published in 1923. The book is a collection of short stories featuring the character of Old Cap Collier, a retired sea captain who lives in a small town in Kentucky. The stories are humorous and heartwarming, depicting the adventures and misadventures of Old Cap and his friends and neighbors in the town. The book is a tribute to the simpler times and values of small-town America, and a plea for the preservation of those values in the face of modernization and progress. Cobb's writing style is engaging and witty, with a keen eye for human foibles and a deep appreciation for the joys of everyday life. A Plea For Old Cap Collier is a delightful read for anyone who loves classic American literature and the charm of small-town living.The basic reason, the underlying motive, lay in the fact that in the schoolbooks of our adolescence, and notably in the school readers, our young mentalities were fed forcibly on a pap which affronted our intelligence at the same time that it cloyed our adolescent palates. It was not altogether the lack of action; it was more the lack of plain common sense in the literary spoon victuals which they ladled into us at school that caused our youthful souls to revolt.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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