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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458070203321

Autore

Robinson Ray <1920 Dec. 4->

Titolo

American original [[electronic resource] ] : a life of Will Rogers / / Ray Robinson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1996

ISBN

1-280-52722-6

0-19-535866-X

1-4294-0122-2

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 p.)

Disciplina

792.7/028/092

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Soggetti

Entertainers - United States

Humorists, American

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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