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King of the Cowboys: Queen of the West.


King of the Cowboys, Queen of the West

Raymond E. White

Popular Press

c/o University of Wisconsin Press The University of Wisconsin Press (or UW Press), founded in 1936, is a university press that is part of the Graduate School of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States. It published under its own name and the imprint The Popular Press.  

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Professor Raymond E. White, author of numerous published articles concerning Roy Rogers
For other meanings of "Roy Rogers" see Roy Rogers (disambiguation).


Leonard Franklin Slye (November 5, 1911 – July 6, 1998), who became famous as Roy Rogers, was a singer and cowboy actor.
 and cowboys in film, presents King of the Cowboys, Queen of the West, an in-depth biography of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, two of twentieth-century America's most celebrated personifications of the American West mythos my·thos  
n. pl. my·thoi
1. Myth.

2. Mythology.

3. The pattern of basic values and attitudes of a people, characteristically transmitted through myths and the arts.
 in popular culture and entertainment. King of the Cowboys, Queen of the West naturally focuses on both actors' careers in film, recordings, television, and even comic books comic book

Bound collection of comic strips, usually in chronological sequence, typically telling a single story or a series of different stories. The first true comic books were marketed in 1933 as giveaway advertising premiums.
, but also covers their meticulous maintenance of their public image and how their Christian faith was incorporated into their performances. Vintage black-and-white photographs intersperse in·ter·sperse  
tr.v. in·ter·spersed, in·ter·spers·ing, in·ter·spers·es
1. To distribute among other things at intervals:
 this solid and highly readable reference for fans and media scholars alike.
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