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11) Will Rogers
Author
Publisher
Childrens Press
Pub. Date
[1968]
Language
English
Description
A biography of America's "unofficial president" whose famous remark,"... I never met a man I didn't like," was prompted by the Russian, Leon Trotsky.
Author
Publisher
Walker and Co
Pub. Date
c1999
Language
English
Description
In this tall tale, the legendary Will Rogers is so good with his lasso that he ropes the whole earth and creates the equator and on the rebound hollows out the Grand Canyon. Includes biographical information about the real Will Rogers.
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
1996
Language
English
Description
In American Original, Ray Robinson chronicles the trajectory of Will Rogers' remarkable life. This lively portrait follows Rogers from his childhood in the Indian Territory of what is now Oklahoma, to his first spellbinding lariat performances in the Wild West shows (where he would often lasso prominent audience members and drag them on stage), to his stardom in vaudeville and the Ziegfeld Follies, to his early silent movies and the later "talkies,"...
Author
Series
writings of Will Rogers volume ser. I, 4
Publisher
Oklahoma State University Press
Pub. Date
1975
Language
English