Arthur Frank Wertheim has written several books on twentieth-century American culture, includingVaudeville Wars,The New York Little Renaissance, andRadio Comedy. He has co-edited three volumes:The Papers of Will Rogersand editedWill Rogers at the Ziegfeld FolliesandAmerican Popular Culture. A former American history professor at the University of Southern California, USA, as well as visiting professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA, his awards range from a Fulbright grant to teach at the University of Indonesia to a fellowship on biography at The Norman Mailer Center, USA.