George Horatio Derby (April 3, 1823 – May 15, 1861) was an early California humorist. He attended West Point with Ulysses S. Grant. Derby used the pseudonym "John P. Squibob" and its variants "John Phoenix" and "Squibob." Derby served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers. In his spare time, he wrote humorous anecdotes and burlesques, often under the guise of his pseudonyms. (From Wikipedia) More about George Horatio Derby:
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| | Books by George Horatio Derby: Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861: Phoenixiana: or, Sketches and Burlesques by John Phoenix (new edition; New York: D. Appleton and Co., 1903), contrib. by John Kendrick Bangs, illust. by E. W. Kemble
Additional books by George Horatio Derby in the extended shelves: Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861: Geology and industrial resources of California: (W. Minifie & Co., 1851), also by Philip T. Tyson, Bennett Riley, Persifor Frazer Smith, Edward Otho Cresap Ord, Theodore Talbot, and R. S. Williamson (page images at HathiTrust) Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861: Phnixiana. (The Caxton club, 1897), also by John Vance Cheney (page images at HathiTrust) Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861: Phnixiana (D. Appleton and company, 1860), also by John Judson Ames (page images at HathiTrust) Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861: Phnixiana (D. Appleton & co., 1862) (page images at HathiTrust) Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861: Phnixiana (D. Appleton & co., 1867), also by John Judson Ames (page images at HathiTrust) Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861: Phnixiana; or, Sketches and burlesques. (D. Appleton and company, 1856) (page images at HathiTrust) Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861: Phnixiana; or, Sketches and burlesques. (D. Appleton and company, 1903) (page images at HathiTrust) Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861: Phœnixiana (D. Appleton and company, 1860), also by John Judson Ames (page images at HathiTrust) Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861: Phoenixiana; a collection of the burlesques & sketches of John Phoenix, alias John P. Squibob, who was, in fact, Lieutenant George H. Derby, U. S. A. (The Grabhorn Press, 1937), also by Francis Peloubet Farquhar and Grabhorn Press (page images at HathiTrust) Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861: Phoenixiana : or, Sketches and burlesques (D. Appleton and company, 1856) (page images at HathiTrust) Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861: Phoenixiana; or, Sketches and burlesques (D. Appleton, 1856) (page images at HathiTrust) Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861: Phœnixiana; or, Sketches and burlesques. (D. Appleton and company, 1856) (page images at HathiTrust) Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861: Phoenixiana, or, Sketches and burlesques (Appleton, 1873) (page images at HathiTrust) Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861: Phoenixiana, or, Sketches and burlesques (Appleton, 1856) (page images at HathiTrust) Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861: Phoenixiana; or, Sketches and burlesques. (D. Appleton and Company, 1889) (page images at HathiTrust) Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861: Phœnixiana, or, Sketches and burlesques (D. Appleton, 1881) (page images at HathiTrust) Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861: Phœnixiana : or, Sketches and burlesques (AMS Press, 1973) (page images at HathiTrust) Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861: Phœnixiana : or, Sketches and burlesques (D. Appleton and company, 1867), also by John Judson Ames (page images at HathiTrust) Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861: Sketches and burlesques. (D. Appleton and Company, 1903), also by E. W. Kemble, John Kendrick Bangs, and D. Appleton and Company (page images at HathiTrust) Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861: Sketches and burlesques. (D. Appleton and company, 1856) (page images at HathiTrust) Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861: Sketches and burlesques. (D. Appleton & Company, 1870), also by John Judson Ames (page images at HathiTrust) Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861: Sketches and burlesques. (D. Appleton and company, 1858) (page images at HathiTrust) Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861: Sketches and burlesques (D. Appleton and company, 1860), also by John Judson Ames and Duke University. Library. Jantz Collection. German Americana (page images at HathiTrust) Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861: Sketches and burlesques. (S.O. Beeton, 1865), also by John Judson Ames (page images at HathiTrust) Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861: The Squibob papers. (Carleton, 1865), also by G.W. Carleton & Co (page images at HathiTrust) Derby, George Horatio, 1823-1861: The Squibob papers (AMS Press, 1973) (page images at HathiTrust)
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