Title: The Cherokee Kid
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"--
Subjects: Ethnic identity, Indians of North America, Entertainers, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, American Humorists, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Native Americans, Biography, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, Rogers, will, 1879-1935, Entertainers, united states, Humorists, Indians of north america, ethnic identity