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Quotations
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Will Rogers Quotes
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William Penn Adair Rogers ( 4 November 1879 – 15 August 1935 ) American humorist and entertainer; known primarily as Will Rogers . Contents 1 Sourced 1.1 The Illiterate Digest (1924) 1.2 Will Rogers, Ambassador of Good Will, Prince of Wit and Wisdom...


Biography

Name: Will Rogers
Birth Date: September 5, 1879
Death Date: August 15, 1935
Place of Birth: Oologah, Oklahoma, United States
Place of Death: Point Barrow, Arkansas, United States
Nationality: American
Ethnicity: Native American
Gender: Male
Occupations: journalist, humorist, performing artist

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Biography of Will(iam) (Penn Adair) Rogers
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William Penn Adair Rogers, according to his biographers, was the last of the cracker-barrel philosophers, that tradition of American humor which includes Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, Mark Twain, Marietta Holley, and Finley Peter Dunne and which...
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Biography of Will Rogers
2,409 words, approx. 8 pages
One of the most celebrated humorists and public figures of his day, Will Rogers (1879-1935) offered dry, whimsical commentaries on a plethora of political, social, and economic issues. His aphoristic, satirical observations, which he voiced in magazine...


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Rogers, Will (1879-1935) Summary
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Humorist Will Rogers' impact upon American culture was great and lasting. He made himself into the archetypal American Everyman, apparently baffled and out-smarted by the machinations of politicians and tycoons, but in reality always managing to...
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Rogers, Will Summary
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Born November 4, 1879 Oologah, Oklahoma Indian Territory Died August 15, 1935 Point Barrow, Alaska Entertainer, social commentator Will...
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Will Rogers Information
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William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers (November 4 1879 – August 15 1935) was a Cherokee-American cowboy, comedian, humorist, social commentator, vaudeville performer and actor. Known as Oklahoma's favorite son,[1] Rogers was born to a prominent Indian...


News and Journals
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The Economist (US)
Will Rogers.
10/30/1993: 392 words, approx. 1 pages
WHEN Franklin Roosevelt was planning his first presidential campaign in 1932, the man he most feared might upset his chances was Will Rogers. He wrote to Rogers appealing to him not to stand. Rogers would take Democratic votes and the Republicans would win. As...
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CED
Roger, that.(Roger Brown)
01/01/2006: 908 words, approx. 3 pages
On my first trip to Denver in 1987, I had the pleasure of meeting Roger Brown, the managing editor of CED magazine, a worthy gent and valuable colleague even then. On my last trip to Denver, we buried Roger Brown well before his time,...
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AP Features
Storm ices roads from southern US Plains to Northeast, causes blackouts and traffic deaths
12/10/2007: 356 words, approx. 1 pages
A wintry storm caked America's center with a thick layer of ice Monday, blacking out more than half a million homes and businesses, and more icy weather was on the way. At least 13 people were killed on icy highways.A state of emergency was declared...
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The New York Observer
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1/22/2008: 288 words, approx. 1 pages
Museum of the Moving Image at 35th Avenue and 36th Street in Astoria, Queens, is in the midst of a massive Ford at Fox retrospective that has already shown such John Ford silents as Just Pals (1920), The Iron Horse (1924), and Four Sons (1928),...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Peter C. Rollins
12,707 words, approx. 42 pages
In the following essay, Rollins argues that Rogers used his image to calm many of the social anxieties common to Americans at the time.
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Critical Essay by Ben Yagoda
8,410 words, approx. 28 pages
In the following essay, Yagoda provides an explication of Rogers's political beliefs.
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Critical Essay by William R. Brown
7,635 words, approx. 26 pages
In the following essay, Brown examines Rogers's use of the "rugged individualist" philosophy in his work.
 


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