Even after his death, Will Rogers remains one of America's most popular writers. His newspaper column, "Will Rogers Says" was full of anecdotes and observations concerning subjects as diverse as women, Wall Street and world events. With over 1000 entries, this collection celebrates Rogers' work.
A dual biography of Will Rogers and Wiley Post, two of the best-known Americans of the 1930s who, on August 15, 1935, became ill-fated traveling companions on a trek to Alaska when their tiny plane crashed. Reveals--for the first time--all the contributing factors to the crash. Photos.
In 1935 an airplane plummeted into the icy waters of Alaska, killing both men on board-- the American entertainer Will Rogers and the pilot Wiley Post, who is the subject of this biography. A record-setting aviator, Post discovered the jet stream, which influenced the invention of the pressurized space suit. This study investigates the crash site ...
Rogers' observations are as stingingly accurate in our post-modern world as they were in the 1920s and '30s. He has inspired two one-man shows and a five-year Broadway hit that is still #1 at the box office because of his humor, compassion and intimate understanding that current events are the logical result of the human condition.
Winner of the 1983 Best Nonfiction Book Award from the National Cowboy Hall of Fame and the Western Heritage Center. This collection contains Rogers's most popular speeches and newspaper columns. Ties in perfectly with the smashing success of Broadway's The Will Rogers Follies. 16-page photo insert. Advertising in Playbill.
There was literally nothing that Will Rogers did not speak or write about, as this collection of his writings demonstrates. Funny, incisive, of his time yet completely comptemporary, the selections are sure to delight longtime fans and introduce a new generation of readers. 40 photos.
Over 2,000 quotes from 400 categories by America's best-loved humorist on such subjects as Americans, the world at large, government, city blight, taxes, Congress, and more. A must for every public speaker, researcher or Americana buff, this encyclopedic compendium features quotes in alphabetical order, and ranges from the philosophical to the ...
Will Rogers was quoted more often than any other source besides the Bible and Shakespeare. Now his insightful, never vulgar wit is brought together in a collection of sayings organized by topic.
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