American Original: A Life of Will Rogers

by Ray Robinson

Book Overview

Hailed by The New York Times as "America's Aristophanes," Will Rogers was one of this century's most astute and beloved humorists. If as he often remarked, he never met a man he didn't like, it is also true that Rogers never met a man he didn't like to make fun of. Everyone from congressmen and Presidents to Hollywood movie moguls and wealthy industrialists bore the brunt of his gently lacerating wit--and seemed, mostly, to be charmed in the process...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195086937
• ISBN13: 9780195086935
• Release Date: April 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.7"