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A Political Life
Texas Tech University Press
February 2011
On Sale: February 14, 2011
Featuring: Will Rogers
408 pages
ISBN: 0896726762
EAN: 9780896726765
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Biography
He was the top male box office attraction at the movies, one
of the most widely read newspaper columnists in America, a
radio commentator with an audience of more than 60 million,
and a globetrotting speaker who filled lecture halls across
the land. But how did humorist Will Rogers also become one
of the most powerful political figures of his day? From just before World War I, through the Roaring Twenties,
Prohibition, and the Great Depression, Rogers provided a
refreshing yet sobering appraisal of current events and
public policy. Through him, millions formed their opinion of
President Wilson's quest for a League of Nations, debated
freedom of speech and religion during the Scopes Monkey
Trial, questioned the success of several disarmament
conferences, took pity upon the sufferers of the Great Flood
of 1927, and tried to grasp the awful reality of the Great
Depression. Rogers visited Washington often to attend congressional
sessions and official receptions, testify at hearings, meet
with cabinet officers, and speak at the exclusive Gridiron
and Alfalfa Clubs. His open access to the Oval Office, the
Senate cloakroom, and other inner sancta of national power
was unmatched for someone not holding public office. In this groundbreaking biography Richard D. White argues
that the nation's most popular entertainer was not only an
incisive political commentator but also a significant
influence upon national leaders and their decisions.
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