Will Rogers & Wiley Post in Alaska [subtitle (on cover only): The Crash Felt 'Round the World] [*SIGNED* by Will Rogers Jr.]

Claremore OK: Will Rogers Heritage Press. Near Fine. 1984. First Edition. Hardcover. (no dust jacket, probably as issued) [light wear to extremities]. (B&W photographs, facsimiles) INSCRIBED ("To Dottie Furman") and SIGNED by Will Rogers Jr. on the front endpaper. A kind of documentary casebook on the death and legacy of Will Rogers, centered around the plane crash that took his life and that of famed pilot Wiley Post on August 15, 1935. Drawn from the extensive archival holdings of the Will Rogers Memorial, it presents facsimiles of news stories of the time (including coverage from immediately preceding the flight), reproductions or transcriptions of letters and telegrams, and numerous photographs and related documents. Much of the coverage has to do with the numerous posthumous tributes and honors received by Rogers, including the establishment of the Will Rogers Memorial itself (of which the author was the Director). Signed by Associated . (Inventory #: 26388)