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Author Rogers, Will, 1879-1935.

Title The illiterate digest / by Will Rogers ; [illustrations by Nate Collier].

Publication Info. New York : A. and C. Boni, 1924.

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Location Call No. Status
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  817 R63    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  817 ROGERS    Check Shelf
Description 350 pages, 1 unnumbered page : illustrations ; 20 cm
Contents Two letters and a dedication -- Breaking into the writing game -- Settling the corset problem of this country -- How to tell a butler, and other etiquette -- Defending my soup plate position -- Helping the girls with their income taxes -- The greatest document in American literature -- Prospectus for "The Remodeled Chewing Gum Corporation" -- Inside stuff on the total eclipse -- It's time somebody said a word for California -- Promoting the oceanless one-piece suit -- Warning to jokers: lay off the Prince -- Spring is here, with poems and bath tubs -- My Ford and other political self-starters -- Wilson could laugh at a joke on himself -- A job with the James family -- Let's treat our presidents like human beings -- What with fruit juice and consomme, it was a wild party -- What we need is more Fred Stones -- One oil lawyer per barrel -- Another confession in the oil scandal -- The whole truth and nothing but the truth -- Well, who is Prunes? -- Politics getting ready to jell [gel] -- Two long-lost friends found at last -- They nominated everybody by the Four Horsemen -- In the midst of a 7-year hitch -- "Will Rogers, Jr." reports the convention for his father, worn out by long service -- Roping a critic -- "The World Tomorrow," after the manner of great journalists * with apologies to Arthur Brisbane -- Settling the affairs of the world in my own way -- A skinny Dakota kid who made good [Earl Sande] -- Taking the cure, by the shores of Cat Creek.
Form Also issued online.
Subject American wit and humor.
American wit and humor. (OCoLC)fst00807457
Added Author Collier, Nate, 1883-1961.
Spine Title Will Rogers' illiterate digest
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