Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Plates
- Author’s Note
- Introduction
- 1 The Final Frontier
- 2 The Cherokee Kid
- 3 The Vaudeville Romance
- 4 Follies and Frolics
- 5 The Celluloid Cowboy
- 6 An Age of Publicity
- 7 The American Soul
- 8 Politics is Applesauce
- Plates
- 9 The Unfunny Business of Trying To Be Funny
- 10 The Private Man
- 11 The Little Fellow and the Great Depression
- 12 Man in Motion
- 13 The Man Talkies Were Invented For
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index
Epilogue
Thy Will Be Done
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- Frontmatter
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Plates
- Author’s Note
- Introduction
- 1 The Final Frontier
- 2 The Cherokee Kid
- 3 The Vaudeville Romance
- 4 Follies and Frolics
- 5 The Celluloid Cowboy
- 6 An Age of Publicity
- 7 The American Soul
- 8 Politics is Applesauce
- Plates
- 9 The Unfunny Business of Trying To Be Funny
- 10 The Private Man
- 11 The Little Fellow and the Great Depression
- 12 Man in Motion
- 13 The Man Talkies Were Invented For
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Notes
- Index
Summary
The Epilogue treats the Alaskan airplane crash in August 1935 that took the lives of Rogers and his good friend, the pilot Wiley Post. This tragedy was followed by an outpouring of public grief not seen in America since the death of Abraham Lincoln seventy years before. A flood of eulogies, newspaper and magazine stories, radio broadcasts, and political speeches confirmed the Oklahoman’s standing as a beloved friend and folk hero to millions of Americans.
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- Citizen CowboyWill Rogers and the American People, pp. 382 - 393Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024