Rogers, Will 1879-1935

Overview

Works:	991 works in 1,832 publications in 2 languages and 50,508 library holdings
Genres:	Humor Biography Autobiographies Anecdotes Biographies Quotations Comedy films Drama History Musical films
Subject Headings:	Entertainers
Roles:	Author, Actor, Performer, Author of screenplay, Narrator, Costume designer, Dedicatee, Honoree, Interviewee, Singer, Speaker, Editor, Author of introduction, Other, wpr, Instrumentalist
Classifications:	PN6161, 928.1

Publication Timeline

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 )
American original : a life of Will Rogers by Ray Robinson( )
Will Rogers : a biography by Ben Yagoda( Book )
Will Rogers, a biography by Donald Day( Book )

Will Rogers, his wife's story by Betty Blake Rogers( Book )
Will Rogers, ambassador of good will, prince of wit and wisdom by P. J O'Brien( Book )
The Will Rogers book by Will Rogers( Book )
Will Rogers by E. Paul Alworth( Book )
The best of Will Rogers by Will Rogers( Book )
Will Rogers at the Ziegfeld Follies by Will Rogers( )
Imagemaker: Will Rogers and the American dream by William Richard Brown( Book )
The Will Rogers scrapbook by Will Rogers( Book )
Extraordinary American Indians by Susan Avery( Book )
The value of humor : the story of Will Rogers by Spencer Johnson( Book )
The Will Rogers follies : a life in revue : original Broadway cast recording by Cy Coleman( Recording )
Will Rogers : a political life by Richard D White( Book )
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 )
The papers of Will Rogers by Will Rogers( )

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Most widely held works by Will Rogers

The illiterate digest by Will Rogers( Book )

23 editions published between 1900 and 2001 in English and held by 1,149 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"The Illiterate Digest Rogers' beautifully sarcastic comments on everything from America's soup plate etiquette and corset problem to oil scandals, political conventions, and world affairs." --Publishers desciption

A Will Rogers treasury : reflections and observations by Will Rogers( Book )

7 editions published between 1982 and 1986 in English and held by 826 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

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 788 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"Letters of a Self-Made Diplomat to His President Rogers' first-hand appraisal of the pressing foreign policy issues confronting the nation in the mid-1920s." -- Publishers description

Ether and me; or "Just relax." by Will Rogers( Book )

17 editions published between 1927 and 1994 in English and Undetermined and held by 699 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Edited with an Introduction by Joseph A. Stout, Jr

Good medicine : the illustrated letters of Charles M. Russell by Charles M Russell( Book )

6 editions published between 1929 and 1966 in English and held by 633 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Good Medicine is the inspiring chronicle of an old-time cow wrangler revealed in a unique collection of his illustrated letters

There's not a bathing suit in Russia & other bare facts by Will Rogers( Book )

12 editions published between 1927 and 1994 in English and held by 581 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"There's not a bathing suit in Russia & Other Bare Facts Rogers' 1926 visit to Russia following the revolution and the rising power of Stalin, and his report of life there as it really was-- not as we dreamed it to be." --Publishers description

How we elect our Presidents by Will Rogers( Book )

3 editions published between 1932 and 1952 in English and held by 403 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Collection of Will Roger's remarks on our national political affairs

Will Rogers : reflections and observations by Will Rogers( Book )

6 editions published between 1982 and 1993 in English and Undetermined and held by 380 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Sanity is where you find it; an affectionate history of the United States in the 20's and 30's by Will Rogers( Book )

5 editions published between 1955 and 1967 in English and Undetermined and held by 358 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Rogers-isms : the cowboy philosopher on prohibition by Will Rogers( Book )

5 editions published between 1919 and 1975 in English and held by 341 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Stand up and cheer!( Visual )

2 editions published between 1934 and 2006 in English and held by 340 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

Never met a man I didn't like : the life and writings of Will Rogers by Joseph H Carter( Book )

3 editions published in 1991 in English and held by 321 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

Convention articles of Will Rogers by Will Rogers( Book )

3 editions published in 1976 in English and held by 313 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Democratic and Republican Conventions from 1920, 1924, 1928 and 1932 as written by Will Rogers

Will Rogers speaks : over 1,000 timeless quotations for public speakers (writers, politicians, comedians, browsers ...) by Will Rogers( Book )

8 editions published between 1994 and 1996 in English and held by 297 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

Steamboat 'round the bend by John Ford( Visual )

18 editions published between 1935 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 270 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. But Dukeś only chance for freedom is the testimony of a half-crazed witness, New Moses, who has disappeared upriver

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 265 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Biography of Will Rogers by his wife

Will Rogers' Weekly articles by Will Rogers( Book )

in English and held by 265 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

"In this volume, the sixth in Series IV of The Writings of Will Rogers, are found the Weekly Articles of the famed humorist and cowboy philosopher published during the administration of Franklin D. Roosevelt from March 1933 to Rogers' death in August 1935. These weekly columns were carried in newspapers across the country." --Publishers description

Will Rogers' Daily telegrams by Will Rogers( Book )

in English and held by 242 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

Judge Priest( Visual )

49 editions published between 1934 and 2016 in English and held by 236 WorldCat member libraries worldwide

The good judge tries the case of a Civil War veteran accused of assault before a jury of Confederate veterans

The best of Will Rogers by Will Rogers( Book )

8 editions published between 1979 and 2000 in English and held by 220 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

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