Will Rogers
Born November 4, 1879 Oologah, Oklahoma Indian Territory
Died August 15, 1935 Point Barrow, Alaska
Entertainer, social commentator
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Rogers, Will (1879-1935)
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 t...
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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,...
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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...
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