{"product_id":"citizen-cowboy-will-rogers-and-the-american-people-hardback-9781108495936","title":"Citizen Cowboy; Will Rogers and the American People (Hardback) 9781108495936","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eCitizen Cowboy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWill Rogers and the American People\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eA compelling look at the life of Will Rogers and how his work helped ease Americans into the modern world.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSteven Watts (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108495936, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 29 August 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e477 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16.2 x 3.1 cm, 0.81 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This study of an American icon is exceptional-well researched, written, and presented. It documents well how Will's life touched a vast number and array of fellow citizens in his day and continues to have meaning to Americans today. I congratulate the author of this fine work.' Steven Gragert, editor of The Papers of Will Rogers, Will Rogers' Weekly Articles, and Will Rogers' Daily\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eCitizen Cowboy is a probing biography of one of America's most influential cultural figures. Will Rogers was a youth from the Cherokee Indian Territory of Oklahoma who rose to conquer nearly every form of media and entertainment in the early twentieth century's rapidly expanding consumer society. Through vaudeville, the Ziegfeld Follies and Broadway, syndicated newspaper and magazine writing, the lecture circuit, radio, and Hollywood movies, Rogers built his reputation as a folksy humorist whose wit made him a national symbol of common sense, common decency, and common people. Though a friend of presidents, movie stars and industrial leaders, it was his bond with ordinary people that endeared him to mass audiences. Making his fellow Americans laugh and think while honoring the past and embracing the future, Rogers helped ease them into the modern world and they loved him for it.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAuthor's note\u003cbr\u003e Introduction: Will Rogers' America\u003cbr\u003e 1. The final frontier\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Cherokee kid\u003cbr\u003e 3. The vaudeville romance\u003cbr\u003e 4. Follies and frolics\u003cbr\u003e 5. The celluloid cowboy\u003cbr\u003e 6. An age of publicity\u003cbr\u003e 7. The American soul\u003cbr\u003e 8. Politics is applesauce\u003cbr\u003e 9. The unfunny business of trying to be funny\u003cbr\u003e 10. The private man\u003cbr\u003e 11. The little fellow and the Great Depression\u003cbr\u003e 12. Man in motion\u003cbr\u003e 13. The man talkies were invented for\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue: Thy will be done\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgements.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: History of the Americas [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History of the Americas\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20of%20the%20Americas%20%5BHBJK%5D%22\"\u003eHBJK\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501432434968,"sku":"9781108495936","price":22.49,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781108495936i.jpg?v=1786238298","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/citizen-cowboy-will-rogers-and-the-american-people-hardback-9781108495936","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}