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A Best Book of 2021 by NPR and Esquire From Kliph Nesteroff, ?the human encyclopedia of comedy? (VICE), comes the important and underappreciated story of Native Americans and comedy.It was one of the most reliable jokes in Charlie Hill?s stand-up routine: ?My people are from Wisconsin. We used to be from New York. We had a little real estate problem.? In We Had a Little Real Estate Problem, acclaimed comedy historian Kliph Nesteroff focuses on one of comedy?s most significant and little-known stories: how, despite having been denied representation in the entertainment industry, Native Americans have influenced and advanced the art form. The account begins in the late 1880s, when Native Americans were forced to tour in wild west shows as an alternative to prison. (One modern comedian said it was as ?if a Guantanamo detainee suddenly had to appear on X-Factor.?) This is followed by a detailed look at the life and work of seminal figures such as Cherokee humorist Will Rogers and
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