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My City
I adored this book, because I left Sioux Falls, my birthplace, when I was only one and a half. When I read this book, I learned so much about where I was from and it helped me choose where I am going to visit when I go with my family on a trip all over South Dakota! This book is for all South Dakotans! ... Read more

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Examines the history of unique national monument in the Black Hills of South Dakota, Mount Rushmore, discussing financial issues, government involvement, and the actual process of carving this memorial. ... Read more

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The stage career of Will Rogers, one of America's mostinfluential humorists, began to take shape during the years covered bythis documentary history, the second volume in The Papers of WillRogers.

Between 1904 and 1908, Rogers made the transition from Wild West showsto the vaudeville stage.During these early years, he developed andpolished his act, blending his homespun humor with his cowboy skillsof roping and horseback riding to the delight of his audience. At thesame time he began courting Betty Blake, his future wife. Theiron-again, off-again relationship matured as Rogers was realizing hisgoal of making a career in show business.

Along with Rogers's personal correspondence, Arthur Frank Wertheim andBarbara Bair present theater programs, performance reviews, andnewspaper clippings, all providing detailed snapshots of vaudeville atthe beginning of the twentieth century.Much of this material,gleaned from private collections, interviews, and theater-artscollections in New York City and across the country, has never beforebeen published in any form. ... Read more

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Papers of Will Rogers: Wild West an Vaudeville, April 1904-September 1908, Volume Two
I am Cynthia Kay Rhodes author of "Between Two Worlds:The Legend Of Quanah Parker" and up comming children's book, "Lucille Mulhall:An Athlete Of Her Time." I wanted to write this review because Will Rogers was a close friend to my second person I chose to write about, Lucille Mulhall. The editors,Arthur Frank Wertheim and Barbara Bair,research is incredible! The two editors are also respectful and knowledgeable of their subject Will Rogers. Will Rogers was a writer and entertainer at the begining of the twentieth centry. He got his start in show business by traveling with wild west shows. Then he was discovered in New York and performed in vauduevill acts of his own. The editors allowed the man himself to tell his story. To me this is the best way for a biography to be written. I loved this book! Sincercerly, Cynthia Kay Rhodes
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