Will Rogers, his life and times,

Book

Will Rogers, his life and times, by Richard M. Ketchum. In co-operation with the Will Rogers Memorial Commission and staff of the Will Rogers Memorial, Claremore, Oklahoma.

Ketchum, Richard M., 1922- (Author).

Summary:

Book Description: Biography. He was also, as has often been said, the most beloved figure of his time. Americans became acquainted with him in a variety of ways-as a performer in vaudeville and the Ziegfeld Follies, in silent and talking pictures, and radio; a the newspaper columnist whose down to earth, spontaneous humor were the first words they turned to and chuckled over each morning.

Record details

ISBN: 0070344116
ISBN: 9780070344112
ISBN: 0070344124 (deluxe)
ISBN: 9780070344129 (deluxe)
Physical Description: 415 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Publisher: New York, American Heritage Pub. Co.; distribution by McGraw-Hill [1973]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:: Preface -- My ancestors didn't come on the Mayflower but they met the boat -- My father was one-eighth Cherokee Indian and my mother was a quarter-blood -- Three years in McGuffey's Fourth reader, and I knew more about it than McGuffey did -- We spoiled the best territory in the world to make a state -- Nobody but an Indian can pronounce Oologah -- I can't tell you where to write for I don't know where I will be -- It is either stage and make a good living or no show business at all for me -- All other performers think I have the greatest act in the business -- Day I roped Betty, I did the star performance of my life -- He brought beauty into the entertainment world -- Anybody can open a theatre; it 's keeping it open that is the hard thing -- Well, and I know is just what I read in the papers -- You have to have a serious streak in you or you can't see the funny side of the other fellow -- If your time is worth anything, travel by air, if not, you might just as well walk -- I'd rather be right than Republican -- If you have missed anybody and have no idea where they are, they are here in Beverly Hills trying to get into the talkies -- We are continually buying something that we never get, from a man that never had it -- Unemployed here ain't eating regular, but we will get round to them soon as we get everybody else fixed up OK -- Man that don't love a horse, there is something the matter with him -- If he burned down the capitol we would cheer and say, "well, we at least got a fire started, anyhow" -- I never met a man I didn't like -- This Alaska is a great country -- Smile has disappeared from the lips of America / John McCormack -- Index.