Synopses & Reviews
In 1944, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans lit up the silver screen in The Cowboy and the Senorita, making their names - and lives - inseparable. It was the start of a fifty-six year partnership that included twenty-eight motion pictures, a ten-year hit television series, and the raising of nine children.
In this new, authorized biography, soon to become a motion picture, the Rogers family shares the inside story of these beloved Western icons, detailing their personal struggles and rise to stardom, the lives of their children, and the tragedies that befell their family.
From Dale's early efforts to pursue a singing career despite single parenthood as a teenager to the death of Roy's first wife, leaving him with three young children to raise. The Cowboy and the Senorita tells the heartbreaking yet ultimately triumphant story of the "King of the Cowboys" and the "Queen of the West." The birth of their daughter, who had Down syndrome and died at the age of two, and the adoption, and deaths, of more children offered even more challenges for these ordinary people who went on to live extraordinary lives. The Rogers' strength in times of sorrow inspired millions of Americans, and their theme song, "Happy Trails," offered a philosophy of life that embraced joy rather than grief.
Synopsis
Roy Rogers and Dale Evans ruled the West from the silver screen as the King of Cowboys and and Queen of the West. Off screen, this husband and wife duo raised a family and lived the "Code of the West." Now, in this new biography, named for their first feature film as a pair, the Rogers family shares their memories of Roy and Dale and Trigger and other sidekicks on the silver screen and behind the scenes. Fifty previously unpublished photographs are included.
Table of Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Prologue
Chapter I: Humble Beginnings
Chapter 2: Off to California
Chapter 3: A Rough Start
Chapter 4: The Pioneer Trio
Chapter 5: Chicago to Hollywood
Chapter 6: The Rise of a King
Chapter 7: Partners on the Celluloid Plains
Chapter 8: Breaking Trail
Chapter 9: Cowboy King Marries Queen of the West
Chapter 10: A Higher Calling
Chapter 11: Sleeping Angel
Chapter 12: Faith in a Storm
Chapter 13: Adding to the Family
Chapter 14: One More Hard Trail
Chapter 15: Soldier Son
Chapter 16: Rider in the Sky
Chapter 17: Long Live the Queen
Chapter 18: Golden Cloud
Chapter 19: The Legend Lives On
Epilogue
Appendix A: Roy Rogers Filmography
Appendix B: Dale Evans Filmography
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors