Will Rogers A Biography

Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press. Near Fine. 2000. Second Printing; Paperback. 0806132388 . B&W Photographs; 9 X 5.90 X 1 inches; xiv, 409 pages; Soft cover has black spine with yellow lettering. Pages are clean and tight; appears as if unused. Illustrated with 64+ b/w photographs. "Rogers ( 1879 – 1935) was an American cowboy, vaudeville performer, humorist, newspaper columnist, social commentator, and stage and motion picture actor. Known as "Oklahoma's Favorite Son", Rogers was born to a prominent Cherokee Nation family in Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma). He traveled around the world three times, made 71 movies (50 silent films and 21 "talkies") , and wrote more than 4,000 nationally syndicated newspaper columns. By the mid-1930s, the American people adored Rogers. He was the leading political wit of his time, and was the highest paid Hollywood movie star. Rogers died in 1935 with aviator Wiley Post, when their small airplane crashed in northern Alaska. " .