Author: Will Rogers
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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
There's Not a Bathing Suit in Russia & Other Bare Facts
Author: Will Rogers
Publisher:
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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : American wit and humor
Languages : en
Pages : 166
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There's Not a Bathing Suit in Russia
Author: Will Rogers
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Category : Humorists, American
Languages : en
Pages : 90
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Publisher:
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Category : Humorists, American
Languages : en
Pages : 90
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There's Not a Bathing Suit in Russia and Other Bare Facts
Author: William Penn Adair Rogers
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258779122
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 158
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781258779122
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 158
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There's Not a Bathing Suit in Russia
Author: Will Rogers
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Languages : en
Pages : 155
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Languages : en
Pages : 155
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There's Not a Bathing Suit in Russia, & Other Bare Facts. With Illustrations, Etc
Author: William Penn Adair ROGERS
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Languages : en
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There's Not a Bathing Suit in Russia & Other Bare Facts
Author: Will Rogers
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Languages : en
Pages : 95
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Languages : en
Pages : 95
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Will Rogers
Author: Ben Yagoda
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806132389
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Biography of American humorist and entertainer Will Rogers discussing his career and personal life.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN: 9780806132389
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 460
Book Description
Biography of American humorist and entertainer Will Rogers discussing his career and personal life.
A Route 66 Companion
Author: David King Dunaway
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292742673
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
A literary history of America’s most storied highway, featuring work from Raymond Chandler, Joan Didion, John Steinback, Sylvia Plath, and more. Even before there was a road, there was a route. Buffalo trails, Indian paths, the old Santa Fe trace—all led across the Great Plains and the western mountains to the golden oasis of California. America’s insatiable westering urge culminated in Route 66, the highway that ran from Chicago to Los Angeles. Opened in 1926, Route 66 became the quintessential American road. It offered the chance for freedom and a better life, whether you were down-and-out Okies fleeing the Dust Bowl in the 1930s or cool guys cruising in a Corvette in the 1960s. Even though the interstates long ago turned Route 66 into a by lane, it still draws travelers from around the world who long to experience the freedom of the open road. A Route 66 Companion gathers fiction, poetry, memoir, and oral history to present a literary historical portrait of America’s most storied highway. From accounts of pioneering trips across the western plains to a sci-fi fantasy of traveling Route 66 in a rocket, here are stories that explore the mystique of the open road, told by master storytellers ranging from Washington Irving to Raymond Chandler, Joan Didion, Sylvia Plath, Leslie Marmon Silko, and John Steinbeck. Interspersed among them are reminiscences that, for the first time, honor the varied cultures—Native American, Mexican American, and African American, as well as Anglo—whose experiences run through the Route 66 story like the stripe down the highway. So put the top down, set the cruise control, and “make that California trip” with A Route 66 Companion. “Route 66 has a long and interesting history, and Dunaway . . . has done a fantastic job selecting works of literature about ‘America’s Main Street’ to tell its dynamic story, supplemented by the editor’s own invaluable commentary. . . . [An]all-around remarkable anthology.” —Publishers Weekly “A Route 66 Companion is a great read and should find its way to the hands of any armchair traveler or lover of the history of the American West.” —Oral History Review
Publisher: University of Texas Press
ISBN: 0292742673
Category : Literary Collections
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
A literary history of America’s most storied highway, featuring work from Raymond Chandler, Joan Didion, John Steinback, Sylvia Plath, and more. Even before there was a road, there was a route. Buffalo trails, Indian paths, the old Santa Fe trace—all led across the Great Plains and the western mountains to the golden oasis of California. America’s insatiable westering urge culminated in Route 66, the highway that ran from Chicago to Los Angeles. Opened in 1926, Route 66 became the quintessential American road. It offered the chance for freedom and a better life, whether you were down-and-out Okies fleeing the Dust Bowl in the 1930s or cool guys cruising in a Corvette in the 1960s. Even though the interstates long ago turned Route 66 into a by lane, it still draws travelers from around the world who long to experience the freedom of the open road. A Route 66 Companion gathers fiction, poetry, memoir, and oral history to present a literary historical portrait of America’s most storied highway. From accounts of pioneering trips across the western plains to a sci-fi fantasy of traveling Route 66 in a rocket, here are stories that explore the mystique of the open road, told by master storytellers ranging from Washington Irving to Raymond Chandler, Joan Didion, Sylvia Plath, Leslie Marmon Silko, and John Steinbeck. Interspersed among them are reminiscences that, for the first time, honor the varied cultures—Native American, Mexican American, and African American, as well as Anglo—whose experiences run through the Route 66 story like the stripe down the highway. So put the top down, set the cruise control, and “make that California trip” with A Route 66 Companion. “Route 66 has a long and interesting history, and Dunaway . . . has done a fantastic job selecting works of literature about ‘America’s Main Street’ to tell its dynamic story, supplemented by the editor’s own invaluable commentary. . . . [An]all-around remarkable anthology.” —Publishers Weekly “A Route 66 Companion is a great read and should find its way to the hands of any armchair traveler or lover of the history of the American West.” —Oral History Review
Citizen Cowboy
Author: Steven Watts
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108852688
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 905
Book Description
Citizen Cowboy is a probing biography of one of America's most influential cultural figures. Will Rogers was a youth from the Cherokee Indian Territory of Oklahoma who rose to conquer nearly every form of media and entertainment in the early twentieth century's rapidly expanding consumer society. Through vaudeville, the Ziegfeld Follies and Broadway, syndicated newspaper and magazine writing, the lecture circuit, radio, and Hollywood movies, Rogers built his reputation as a folksy humorist whose wit made him a national symbol of common sense, common decency, and common people. Though a friend of presidents, movie stars and industrial leaders, it was his bond with ordinary people that endeared him to mass audiences. Making his fellow Americans laugh and think while honoring the past and embracing the future, Rogers helped ease them into the modern world and they loved him for it.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108852688
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 905
Book Description
Citizen Cowboy is a probing biography of one of America's most influential cultural figures. Will Rogers was a youth from the Cherokee Indian Territory of Oklahoma who rose to conquer nearly every form of media and entertainment in the early twentieth century's rapidly expanding consumer society. Through vaudeville, the Ziegfeld Follies and Broadway, syndicated newspaper and magazine writing, the lecture circuit, radio, and Hollywood movies, Rogers built his reputation as a folksy humorist whose wit made him a national symbol of common sense, common decency, and common people. Though a friend of presidents, movie stars and industrial leaders, it was his bond with ordinary people that endeared him to mass audiences. Making his fellow Americans laugh and think while honoring the past and embracing the future, Rogers helped ease them into the modern world and they loved him for it.
Will Rogers Speaks
Author: Bryan Sterling
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493083953
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Will Rogers was quoted more often than any other source besides the Bible and Shakespeare. Now his insightful wit is brought together in a collection of sayings organized by topic.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1493083953
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 332
Book Description
Will Rogers was quoted more often than any other source besides the Bible and Shakespeare. Now his insightful wit is brought together in a collection of sayings organized by topic.