"King of the Cowboys, Queen of the West: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans"
 2005 Belmont Book Award Winner (for the best book in country music).
Don Cusic, noted authority and author on country music says, "The wealth of information uncovered by Ray White is simply astounding. It is a lifelong passion and work that leads a scholar to study performers this thoroughly. Ray White's work demonstrates that not only were Roy Rogers and Dale Evans great entertainers and heroes to a generation of youngsters, but also are worthy subjects of scholarship because of the depth and breath of their work.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "This career biography is the definitive source on two American icons.
Mr. White presents a wealth of new, carefully organized, and highly readable information; the largest source I have seen yet on the professional careers of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. A detailed narrative is accompanied by thorough reference materials that point fans to recordings, videos, comics, and memorabilia". Gary A. Yoggy, author of "Riding the Video Range: The Rise and Fall of the Western on Television". With its engaging tone and meticulous research, "King of the Cowboys, Queen of the West: Roy Rogers, Dale Evans" is bound to become the definitive source on the lives of these two great American icons.
Raymond "Ray" White is a freelance writer and retired history professor from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana; as chair of the history department. Ray White is a premier authority on western stars Roy Rogers and Dale Evans and on low-budget western movies that they and other cowboy stars made in the 1930s and 1940s. The University of Wisconsin Press published his book, "King of the Cowboys, Queen of the West: Roy Rogers and Dale Evans" in September of 2005. "King of the Cowboys, Queen of the West: Roy Rogers and Dale Evans" is now in paperback edition. It will cost $29.95, more affordable than the hardcover edition.
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