The Cherokee Kid
Subtitle: Will Rogers, Tribal Identity, and the Making of an American Icon
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: Jun 22, 2015
Language: eng
Format: hardcover
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9780700621002
Description: "Ware's book challenges the common view that famous Oklahoman humorist Will Rogers (1879-1935) was disengaged from his Cherokee roots and/or that those roots were superfluous at best. Amy Ware, on the contrary, argues that Rogers's legitimate Cherokee heritage remained a self-defining aspect of his life, his work, and his principles"--
Notes: Source title: The Cherokee Kid: Will Rogers, Tribal Identity, and the Making of an American Icon (CultureAmerica)