Will Rogers, undoubtedly would have had a witty quip about being included with literary greats such as Mark Twain, Zane Grey, John Steinbeck, Jack London and Laura Ingalls Wilder.
But there he is in the spring issue of “Persimmon Hill,” a publication of the National Cowboys of Western Heritage Museum.
Will is included in Trish Foxwell’s story about literary landmarks and writers who endowed the world with classics of the western frontier.
The Will Rogers portion of the article features photos of the birthplace in Oologah, Indian Territory, and Will typing his newspaper column in his car.
While most noted for his rope tricks and witticisms, Foxwell points out Will was also a prolific writer and journalist turning out columns for 350 daily and 200 Sunday newspapers as well as making films, entertaining audiences across the country and writing books.
The author promotes the Oklahoma memorials at Claremore and Oologah birthplace as well as the recently reopened renovated California ranch home, where Will lived when he died Aug. 15, 1935 in an Alaskan plane crash.
A section on each of the great writers includes photos of their homes and historical information about their lives and careers.