Author Julie Rogers Pomilia
Roy and Dale Onstage and In Between is what happens when you open the family scrapbook to random pages and find yourself somewhere between the public and private lives of your grandparents.
From a granddaughter’s perspective, it’s a formal history mixed in with a “here’s what was really going on” version of events—affectionate, sometimes irreverent, and the occasional “that probably wasn’t supposed to be remembered, but here we are.”
Woven throughout are delightful glimpses of the many familiar faces who crossed their paths along the way—Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Marilyn Monroe, Walt Disney, Queen Elizabeth, Clint Eastwood, Babe Ruth, and Elvis, among many others—revealing a mosaic of unexpected and often charming connections. Whether sharing the stage, the screen, or simply a passing conversation, these intersections paint a broader picture of an almost forgotten era when entertainment felt both larger-than-life, yet surprisingly close-knit.
This is Roy and Dale not only onstage, but who they were five minutes before, and ten minutes after the cameras rolled. The stuff that didn’t make the headlines, but probably should have.
Julie Rogers Pomilia is an educator, storyteller, and lifelong keeper of family stories; some legendary, some wonderfully ordinary. As the granddaughter of Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, she grew up around movie sets, music, horses and a whole lot of laughter, learning that life is as much about the quiet, in-between moments as it is of time in the spotlight.
With more than thirty years in early childhood education, Julie approaches history the same way she approaches life; with curiosity, gratitude, and a sense of humor. She is also the author of the children’s picture book, The Ridiculous Party, and Your Heroes, My Grandparents: Granddaughter’s Love, a book filled with personal memories and behind-the-scenes stand-alone short stories from growing up with Roy and Dale simply as Grandma and Grandpa. She doesn’t take herself too seriously, but she deeply appreciates the life she was given, and loves passing those stories along, one memory at a time.
There are a variety of reasons to pick up her latest book, Roy and Dale, Onstage and In Between. Maybe Roy and Dale are nostalgic for you, maybe your parents told you about them, or maybe you have no idea who they were at all. No matter the reason, you will be glad you picked this one up.
Videos!
Listen to Julie Rogers Pomila share stories of her grandparents, Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, and read excerpts from her book “Your Heroes, My Grandparents”
Julie Rogers Pomilia accepts her Grandpa Roy (Rogers) Induction into the Ohio Country Music Hall of Fame in Waynesville, OH. It’s a beautiful insight into Roy Rogers’ humble beginnings, body of work, and family life.
Author of Your Heroes, My Grandparents, Julie Rogers Pomilia does a “Show and Tell” session.
High Praises for Your Heroes, My Grandparents
A Granddaughter's Love
“When Julie Asked me to read her book, I was very much looking forward to it as I had grown up with Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. What Julie has masterfully done with this fine book is give the reader a front-row seat to these two icons, up close and personal. I sincerely recommend it!” Robert Carradine, Actor (The Cowboys, Revenge of the Nerds. Lizzie McGuire)
“Such an endearing memoir about Julie’s relationship with her beloved Grandparents and the balance between fame and anonymity that made me giggle with delight from start to finish, saying, Only Julie!” Rachel Lindsay Greenbush — Actress (Carrie Ingalls – Little House on the Prairie)
“Today, more than ever, our world needs to know about the ‘good guys’, heroes who shine even more brightly off-screen than on. Julie has opened the book on her famous grandparents and we’re all the better for it. Roy and Dale are what legends are made of.” Nancy Stafford — Actress (Matlock), Speaker, and Author
If you know anything about Roy and Dale, love family fun, and cherish friends and heroes, this book, that you are holding in your hands right now, will be very hard to put down.
