Rogers, Will 1879-1935

Overview

Works:	939 works in 1,554 publications in 4 languages and 50,514 library holdings
Genres:	Biography Humor Quotations Drama Anecdotes History Records and correspondence Pictorial works Film adaptations Juvenile works
Subject Headings:	Entertainers
Roles:	Performer, Actor, Author of screenplay, Narrator, Costume designer, Dedicatee, Honoree, Speaker, Interviewee, Author of introduction
Classifications:	PN6161, 928.1

Publication Timeline

1900 |

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Publications about Will Rogers

Publications by Will Rogers

Publications by Will Rogers, published posthumously.

Most widely held works about Will Rogers

Will Rogers, his life and times by Richard M Ketchum ( Book )
The autobiography of Will Rogers by Will Rogers ( Book )
Will Rogers : a biography by Ben Yagoda ( Book )
Will Rogers, a biography by Donald Day ( Book )
Will Rogers, ambassador of good will, prince of wit and wisdom by P. J O'Brien ( Book )

American original : a life of Will Rogers by Ray Robinson ( Book )
Will Rogers, his wife's story by Betty Blake Rogers ( Book )
The Will Rogers book by Will Rogers ( Book )
Will Rogers by E. Paul Alworth ( Book )
The papers of Will Rogers the early years by Will Rogers ( )
Extraordinary American Indians by Susan Avery ( Book )
The Will Rogers scrapbook by Will Rogers ( Book )
Imagemaker: Will Rogers and the American dream by William Richard Brown ( Book )
The value of humor : the story of Will Rogers by Spencer Johnson ( Book )
Will Rogers at the Ziegfeld Follies by Will Rogers ( )
Will Rogers : an American legend by Francis Anthony Keating ( Book )
Will Rogers' world : America's foremost political humorist comments on the twenties and thirties--and eighties and nineties by Will Rogers ( Book )
Will Rogers : a political life by Richard D White ( Book )
Our Will Rogers by Homer Croy ( Book )
Will Rogers, young cowboy by Guernsey Van Riper ( Book )

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Most widely held works by Will Rogers

A Will Rogers treasury : reflections and observations by Will Rogers ( Book )
8 editions published between 1982 and 1993 in English and held by 1,383 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Presents a compendium of the wit and wisdom of American humorist Will Rogers, selected from among the most important of his newspaper columns

The best of Will Rogers by Will Rogers ( Book )
8 editions published between 1979 and 1994 in English and held by 1,069 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Here we have the Rogers wisdom about politics, crime, recession, inflation, budgets, disarmament, labor, women, ecology, sports, lawyers, and the quotes are surprisingly as relevant today as they were when they were written

Letters of a self-made diplomat to his President by Will Rogers ( Book )
11 editions published between 1926 and 1988 in English and held by 831 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Ether and me; or "Just relax." by Will Rogers ( Book )
14 editions published between 1927 and 1994 in English and held by 725 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Edited with an Introduction by Joseph A. Stout, Jr

The illiterate digest by Will Rogers ( Book )
14 editions published between 1900 and 1974 in English and held by 623 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

There's not a bathing suit in Russia & other bare facts by Will Rogers ( Book )
13 editions published between 1927 and 1994 in English and held by 597 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The illiterate digest by Will Rogers ( Book )
3 editions published between 1974 and 2001 in English and held by 466 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

How we elect our Presidents by Will Rogers ( Book )
6 editions published between 1932 and 1952 in English and held by 421 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Collection of Will Roger's remarks on our national political affairs

Sanity is where you find it; an affectionate history of the United States in the 20's and 30's by Will Rogers ( Book )
4 editions published between 1955 and 1967 in English and held by 376 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Never met a man I didn't like : the life and writings of Will Rogers by Joseph H Carter ( Book )
1 edition published in 1991 in English and held by 342 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Will Rogers was America. Part Cherokee Indian and former cowboy, he captivated audiences around the world with sparkling gems of wisdom cloaked in gentle and uproarious country wit and astonishing rope tricks. His colorful life recently inspired a commercially successful and critically acclaimed Broadway musical -- winner of 6 Tony Awards. His words are as entertaining, inspiring and revelant today as they ever were. A simple, plain-spoken man, he was the voice of a nation during the '20s and '30s. Movie star, vaudeville headliner, radio commentator, his views and observations were syndicated daily and weekly in over 600 newspapers across the country. Here is the essential Will Rogers -- the story of his remarkable career, from Oklahoma "cowpuncher" to international star ... and the warm, knowing and hilarious philosophies of the man embodied the heart and soul of the nation

Rogers-isms : the cowboy philosopher on prohibition by Will Rogers ( Book )
6 editions published between 1919 and 1975 in English and held by 341 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Convention articles of Will Rogers by Will Rogers ( Book )
2 editions published in 1976 in English and held by 323 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Includes index

Will Rogers speaks : over 1,000 timeless quotations for public speakers (writers, politicians, comedians, browsers ...) by Will Rogers ( Book )
4 editions published between 1994 and 1996 in English and held by 310 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An encyclopedic collection of over 1,000 quotations from humorist Will Rogers, giving his opinions on everything from actors to marriage to the Ziegfeld Follies

Stand up and cheer! ( Visual )
2 editions published between 1934 and 2006 in English and held by 301 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
FDR appoints a Secretary of Amusement in order to cheer up the American public. But when greedy industrialists who are profiting from the Depression thwart his every move, the Secretary begins to lose hope. That is, until he learns that some of the performances he has organized, including one by little Shirley Dugan, are lifting the nation out of its misery

Will Rogers : the story of his life told by his wife by Betty Blake Rogers ( Book )
3 editions published in 1943 in English and held by 279 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Good medicine; the illustrated letters of Charles M. Russell by Charles M Russell ( Book )
3 editions published between 1929 and 1966 in English and held by 271 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Steamboat 'round the bend by John Ford ( Visual )
18 editions published between 1935 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 269 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When riverboat captain Doctor John Pearly learns that his nephew Duke has killed a man in self-defense, he urges Duke to turn himself in

Judge Priest ( Visual )
42 editions published between 1934 and 2012 in 4 languages and held by 265 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The good judge tries the case of a Civil War veteran accused of assault before a jury of Confederate veterans

Will Rogers' Weekly articles by Will Rogers ( Book )
in English and held by 262 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Will Rogers' Daily telegrams by Will Rogers ( Book )
in English and held by 247 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

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