Fate of Will Rogers and Wiley Post, The

DESCRIPTION: "Here's the story of two brave Americans, Will Rogers and Wiley Post, They were both loved by their countrymen." They leave Fairbanks by plane. But the craft develops technical problems. After a first landing, they take off again, crash, and die
AUTHOR: probably Bob Miller
EARLIEST DATE: 1935 (recording, Bill Cox)
KEYWORDS: technology death travel
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REFERENCES (1 citation):
Cohen-AmericanFolkSongsARegionalEncyclopedia2, pp. 684-685, "The Fate of Will Rogers and Wiley Post" (1 text)
Roud #21706
RECORDINGS:
Bill Cox, "The Fate of Will Rogers and Wiley Post" (Melotome 5-11-54, 1935)
CROSS-REFERENCES:
cf. "Will and Wiley's Last Flight" (subject; this was the flip side of the Cox recording above)
File: CAFS2684

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