Fibble, D.D.

Dodo Collections brings you another classic from Irvin S. Cobb, 'Fibble, D.D..'A collection of three short stories originally published in the Saturday Evening Post, telling the comic misadventures of the Rev. Roscoe Titmarsh Fibble, D.D.Cobb joined the staff of the magazineSaturday Evening Postduring 1911, and covered theGreat Warfor the magazine. At the same time, he wrote a book about his experiences, published during 1915, titledPaths Of Glory. After a second visit to France to cover the Great War, Cobb publicized the achievements of the unit known as theHarlem Hellfighters, most notably,Croix de GuerrerecipientsHenry Lincoln JohnsonandNeedham Roberts. His article "e;Young Black Joe,"e; published on August 24, 1918 in theSaturday Evening Postand later republished in Cobb's book,The Glory of the Coming,highlighted the discipline and courage displayed by black American soldiers fighting in Europe duringWorld War I. The three-page article and half-page photograph reached a national audience of more than two million readers, and was widely reprinted in the black press.