American original : a life of Will Rogers / Ray Robinson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Robinson, Ray, 1920 Dec. 4-., author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rogers, Will, 1879-1935.

Rogers, Will.

Entertainers--United States--Biography.

Entertainers.

Humorists, American--Biography.

Humorists, American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (317 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York ; Oxford University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This biography of Will Rogers provides an insight into 20th-century American history.

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 The Indian ""Problem""; 2 Civil War; 3 Childhood; 4 Roamin' Free; 5 A New Century; 6 Home Again-for a Minute; 7 Vaudeville Days; 8 Will Marries Betty; 9 Best Pal; 10 Mr. Ziegfeld; 11 The Celluloid Coast; 12 Kidding the Famous; 13 Travelin' Man; 14 The Ranch; 15 ""I Was Never Sorry Movies Started To Talk""; 16 Political Adventures; 17 The Last Flight; Appendix A: Postmortems; Appendix B: More Wit and Wisdom; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Includes index.

Previously issued in print: 1996.

Derived record based on print version record and publisher information.

ISBN:

0-19-771125-1

1-280-52722-6

0-19-535866-X

1-4294-0122-2

OCLC:

567927949