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Citizen cowboy
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- Book Synopsis
- Citizen 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.
- About The Author
- Steven Watts has written seven books, including biographies of Walt Disney, Henry Ford, Hugh Hefner, Dale Carnegie, and John F. Kennedy. He has written for The Atlantic, National Review, Newsweek, Salon, and The American Spectator, and has appeared on NPR, C-Span, BBC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, Fox, and Bloomberg News. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9781108495936
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press, (29 August 2024)
- Number of Pages
- 477
- Weight
- 810 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 236 x 162 x 31 mm
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