Will Rogers (1) (1879–1935)
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Born in Oolagah, Indian Territory (now Oklahoma), Will Rogers's parents were Clem Vann Rogers and Mary American Schrimsher, who were each one-quarter Cherokee, or true Native Americans. This parentage is quite appropriate because Rogers himself was the embodiment of the real people of America, the visa mer "average man." He was the last of the "crackerbox philosophers" to reach a national audience, and his words and reputation as the symbol of the "common man" and of common sense have continued to grow, even though his books and films are seldom read or watched today. He has, as it were, transcended himself to become a folk legend. Rogers's rise from an Oklahoma cowboy to a world-famous humorist and philosopher is in itself a particularly American phenomenon. He began his career performing for Texas Jack's Wild West Show as a trick rider and roper. Later he performed for the Wirth Brothers Circus and then for the Mulhall Wild West Show. Eventually, he joined the Ziegfeld Follies as a regular, where he starred for 11 years. By the 1920s Rogers had become a popular speaker. He had already published two books, The Cowboy Philosopher on the Peace Conference (1919) and The Cowboy Philosopher on Prohibition (1919), both of which are collections of miscellaneous writings featuring the humorous social and political commentary that would eventually make him famous. In 1926 he began writing a syndicated column for the Saturday Evening Post, which became extremely popular and continued until his death. During the 1920s he also moved to California and began making films for Hal Roach Studios, in which he played characteristically unassuming roles and made sage and witty remarks. He made his first talking picture, They Had to See Paris, in 1929, which established him as a film star. Among Roger's other published collections of humor are The Illiterate Digest (1924), Letters of a Self-Made Diplomat to His President (1927), and There's Not a Bathing Suit in Russia (1927). An aviation enthusiast, Rogers died in a plane crash at Point Barrow, Alaska, in 1935 while flying with famous aviator Wiley Post. A selection of his writings, titled The Autobiography of Will Rogers (1949), was published posthumously. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
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(Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division.
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-20553)
Serier
Verk av Will Rogers
The Wit and Wisdom of Will Rogers: An A-to-Z Compendium of Quotes from America's Best-Loved Humorist (1993) 23 exemplar
The Will Rogers book 15 exemplar
The Papers of Will Rogers: From Vaudeville to Broadway, September 1908-August 1915 (2001) 6 exemplar
Sanity is where you find it; an affectionate history of the United States in the 20's and 30's 5 exemplar
WIT AND PHILOSOPHY FROM THE RADIO TALKS OF AMERICA'S HUMORIST WILL ROGERS ; TWELVE RADIO TALKS DELIVERED BY WILL… (1930) 4 exemplar
On How We Elect Our Presidents: "politics is Applesauce" Selected and Edited By Donald Day. (1952) 3 exemplar
Rogers-Isms: The Cowboy Philosopher on Prohibition (The Writings of Will Rogers ; I, 5) (1975) 2 exemplar
Life Begins at 40 2 exemplar
Will Rogers Speaks 1 exemplar
Doubting Thomas DVD 1 exemplar
Will Rogers, a centennial tribute 1 exemplar
Associerade verk
Steamboat Round the Bend [1935 film] 6 exemplar
14 American Masterpieces Vol.1 — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
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- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Rogers, William Penn Adair
- Födelsedag
- 1879-11-04
- Avled
- 1935-08-15
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- Cherokee Nation
USA - Födelseort
- Oologah, Oklahoma, USA
- Dödsort
- Point Barrow, Alaska, USA
- Dödsorsak
- airplane crash
- Yrken
- vaudeville performer
humorist - Organisationer
- McNaught Syndicate
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- 35
- Även av
- 17
- Medlemmar
- 481
- Popularitet
- #51,317
- Betyg
- 3.7
- Recensioner
- 8
- ISBN
- 62
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- 2