Will Rogers' World - Hardcover

Not a biography, this readable book is primarily a collection of quotations and miscellaneous sayings by the famed newspaper columnist, actor, and rope-twirling cowboy. The selections are grouped under the headings America, Congress, elections, government, presidents, politics, business, and philosophy. The compilers supply a running commentary. What this collection proves is that, although Rogers died in 1935, his humor is no mildewed anachronism. He was never bitter or brutal; he never hit anybody very hard, nor below the belt. Other recent collections of his writing include Sterling's own The Best of Will Rogers (Crown, 1979) and A Will Rogers Treasury (Outlet Bk. Co., 1986).
- A.J. Anderson, Graduate Sch. of Lib. & Information Science, Simmons Coll., Boston
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