Will Rogers Says...Favorite Quotations [Hardcover]

Will Rogers (Author), Dr. Reba Collins (Editor), Will Rogers Memorial Staff (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 2003

Read by the most sophisticated audiences in the world, Will Rogers also spoke to and for the great normal majority. He tackled the most complex ideas and cut them down to size. A flying reporter, he traveled the world and wrote about events as if they were happening in the next country.

Since the Will Rogers Memorial opened in November 1938, many of the 25 million visitors to the shrine have asked for his "gags," his jokes or his "sayings." Thousands of other folks have written to ask what Rogers had to say on particular topics -what sage remarks he made on Hoover, taxes, the depression or Hollywood, among other things.

Choice bits of his wit and wisdom on many subjects fill the pages of this book. Selected by the Memorial staff members form collected writings of Will Rogers, the sayings will make you nod your head and say, "You know, he's right about that!"

You will want to repeat them to friends over coffee. You can use them to spice up a speech or column. Or to do your heart good as you chuckle to yourself on a long plane trip.

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About the Author

Dr. Reba Collins, the country's foremost authority on Will Rogers, ahs devoted over a quarter of a century to understanding this unique American. In 1975, Dr. Collins left her position as journalism professor and Director of University Relations at the University of Central Oklahoma where she has served for seventeen years to take over the directorship of the Will Rogers Memorial in Claremore, Oklahoma. She retired as Director Emeritus in 1991, but her research and writing about Will Rogers continues. Dr. Collins also continues to speak on her favorite American from coast to coast, in Hawaii and Alaska, on shipboard and on radio and television.

In addition to other books about Will Rogers, including "Will Rogers Courtship and Correspondence", "Will Rogers and Wiley Post in Alaska", "The Will Rogers Memorial" and "Roping Will Rogers' Family Tree", Dr. Collins has written numerous articles, newspaper features and introductions, and she was a major contributor to "Will Rogers: The Man and His Humor".

Product Details

• Hardcover: 86 pages
• Publisher: Neighbors and Quaid, Inc. / Council Oak Books; 1st edition (June 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0963288210
• ISBN-13: 978-0963288219
• Product Dimensions: 7.4 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,501,547 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Will Rogers Says, September 4, 2007

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Rick Stromberg "Movienut" (Kennewick, WA) - See all my reviews
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I have been a student and "fan" of Will Rogers for many years and this book of quotes truly captures the essence of the man that he was. Will was, indeed, a man for the times and he helped a struggling country maintain a smile and a bit of humanity during some truly difficult years.