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Will Rogers - A Political Life (Paperback)
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Will Rogers - A Political Life (Paperback)
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List price R583
Loot Price R500
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You Save R83 (14%)
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He was the top male box office attraction at the movies, one of the
most widely read newspaper columnists in America, a radio
commentator with an audience of more than 60 million, and a
globetrotting speaker who filled lecture halls across the land. But
how did humorist Will Rogers also become one of the most powerful
political figures of his day?,br> From just before World War I,
through the Roaring Twenties, Prohibition, and the Great
Depression, Rogers provided a refreshing yet sobering appraisal of
current events and public policy. Through him, millions formed
their opinion of President Wilson's quest for a League of Nations,
debated freedom of speech and religion during the Scopes Monkey
Trial, questioned the success of several disarmament conferences,
took pity upon the sufferers of the Great Flood of 1927, and tried
to grasp the awful reality of the Great Depression. Rogers visited
Washington often to attend congressional sessions and official
receptions, testify at hearings, meet with cabinet officers, and
speak at the exclusive Gridiron and Alfalfa Clubs. His open access
to the Oval Office, the Senate cloakroom, and other inner sancta of
national power was unmatched for someone not holding public office.
In this groundbreaking biography Richard D. White argues that the
nation's most popular entertainer was not only an incisive
political commentator but also a significant influence upon
national leaders and their decisions. When Will Rogers perished in
a plane crash in Alaska in 1935, Americans lost their most popular
and beloved humorist, a man who put smiles on their faces, took
their minds off war and depression and, for a moment, allowed them
to laugh at his cracker-barrel humor and ultimately themselves. But
Americans also lost their most trusted source of reason, a man who,
more than any other, broke down the complex issues of the day and
gave them a critically honest appraisal of American politics and
world affairs.
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