This is a delightful collection of Rogers' newspaper columns. I quote from Will Roger Jr.'s forward: "He had a sharp wit, but he used it kindly. In his daily column, which appeared on the morning front page of nearly 400 newspapers, he took cracks at capital and labor, bankers and farmers, but through it all there was the thread of forgiveness and national unity. The insulting, personal humor of today was quite foreign to Will Rogers.
He lived in a time that is now long past, when more people lived in the country than the city. I think his point of view is best summed up in a remark he once made to an audience in New York, "They may call me a 'rube' and a 'hick,' but I'd a lot rather be the man who bought the Brooklyn Bridge than the man who sold it." That was Will Rogers." His comment on war is as poignant in 2003 as it was in the years when nations fought World War I: "We don't have secret diplomacy. American diplomacy is an open book-generally a checkbook." Wholesome humor. An excellent read. An embossed braille copy should be quite legible.
