The Cherokee Kid : Will Rogers, Tribal Identity, and the Making of an American Icon /
"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...
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Format: | Electronic eBook |
Language: | Inglés |
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Lawrence, Kansas :
University Press of Kansas,
2015.
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Series: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Online Access: | Texto completo |
Summary: | "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"-- |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (400 pages). |
ISBN: | 9780700621019 |