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Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # GB0007EFIW4I3N01
Title: The Autobiography of Will Rogers
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Seller: ThriftBooks-Atlanta, AUSTELL, GA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Fair. No Jacket. Former library book; Missing dust jacket; Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less. Seller Inventory # GB0007EFIW4I5N11
Seller: SuzyQBooks, Salt Lake City, UT, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. With a Foreword by Will Rogers, Jr. and Jim Rogers. Seller Inventory # 016139
Seller: My Book Heaven, Alameda, CA, U.S.A.
Lancer 74-814. Very Good condition. Seller Inventory # 78798
Seller: Redux Books, Grand Rapids, MI, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Good. Good hardcover, no dust cover. The text is unmarked. Covers have rubbed edges and corners along with some scuffing. Binding is intact. Previous owners bookplate on inside front cover. Myler cover.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day! Seller Inventory # 112506190029
Seller: 32.1 Rare Books + Ephemera, IOBA, ESA, Princeton, NJ, U.S.A.
Hardcover. 8vo., 410 pp., Index. Very Good with some offsetting to the endpapers in a lightly rubbed and handled, price clipped dust jacket. Seller Inventory # 1230202404
Seller: curtis paul books, inc., Northridge, CA, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Beige cloth titled in red. Probable first edition; 1949 to title page and last date of CP is 1949. (Houghton Mifflin in that year required same date. ) Inscribed to ffep by Donald Day to famed Hollywood biographer Bob Thomas; from Thomas' estate. Tight and square with a hint of sun and shelfwear. The price clipped DJ in mylar is chipped/edgeworn and sunned. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Signed by Author. Seller Inventory # 27490
Seller: Ground Zero Books, Ltd., Silver Spring, MD, U.S.A.
Hardcover. Condition: Very good. xvii, [3], 410, [2] pages. Index. Bookseller sticker inside back cover. Foreword by Bill and Jim Rogers. No dust jacket present. Cover has some wear and soiling. Inscribed to E. G. Kitson and signed by Will Rogers Jr.! Compiled from some of Will Rogers published writings. In 1908, Rogers married Betty Blake (1879-1944), and the couple had four children: Will Rogers Jr., Mary Amelia, James Blake, and Fred Stone. Will Jr. became a World War II hero, played his father in two films, and was elected to Congress. William Vann Rogers, generally known as Will Rogers Jr. (October 20, 1911 - July 9, 1993), was an American politician, writer, and newspaper publisher. He was the eldest son of humorist Will Rogers (1879-1935) and Betty Blake Rogers (1879-1944). He was a Democratic U. S. Representative from California from January 3, 1943, until May 23, 1944, when he resigned to return to the United States Army. Rogers was assigned to the 814th Tank Destroyer Battalion and served in the European campaign in George Patton's Third United States Army. Rogers was wounded in action and also received a Bronze Star. He was released from active duty on March 1, 1946. Rogers had a minor career as an actor and was most noted for playing his father (whom he closely resembled), particularly in The Story of Will Rogers (1952), Wild Heritage (1958) in which he played a judge, and in 1982 (in voice only) in The American Adventure at Disney's Epcot in Florida. He also appeared frequently in the 1950s television anthology series, Schlitz Playhouse of Stars. William Penn Adair Rogers (November 4, 1879 - August 15, 1935) was a Native American vaudeville performer, actor, and humorous social commentator. He was born as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, in the Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma), and is known as "Oklahoma's Favorite Son". As an entertainer and humorist, he traveled around the world three times, made 71 films (50 silent films and 21 "talkies"), and wrote more than 4,000 nationally syndicated newspaper columns. By the mid-1930s, Rogers was hugely popular in the United States for his leading political wit and was the highest paid of Hollywood film stars. He died in 1935 with aviator Wiley Post when their small airplane crashed in northern Alaska. Rogers began his career as a performer on vaudeville. His rope act led to success in the Ziegfeld Follies, which in turn led to the first of his many movie contracts. His 1920s syndicated newspaper column and his radio appearances increased his visibility and popularity. Rogers crusaded for aviation expansion and provided Americans with first-hand accounts of his world travels. His earthy anecdotes and folksy style allowed him to poke fun at gangsters, prohibition, politicians, government programs, and a host of other controversial topics in a way that found general acclaim from a national audience with no one offended. His aphorisms, couched in humorous terms, were widely quoted: "I am not a member of an organized political party. I am a Democrat." After Rogers gained recognition as a humorist-philosopher in vaudeville, he gained a national audience in acting and literary careers from 1915 to 1935. In these years, Rogers increasingly expressed the views of the "common man" in America. He downplayed academic credentials, noting, "Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects." Americans of all walks admired his individualism, his appreciation for democratic ideas, and his liberal philosophies on most issues. Moreover, Rogers extolled hard work in order to succeed, and such expressions affirmed American theories about how to realize individual success. Rogers symbolized the self-made man, the common man, who believed in America, in progress, and in the American Dream of upward mobility. His humor never offended even those who were the targets of it. Presumed First Edition, First printing thus. Seller Inventory # 86326