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|name=Max E. Evans

|name=Max E. Evans

(Prolific author of the American West)

(Author of the American West)

| birth_date=August 29, 1924​​

| birth_date=August 29, 1924​​

| birth_place=Ropesville, Hockley County<br>[[Texas]], USA<br>

| birth_place=Ropesville, Hockley County<br>[[Texas]], USA<br>

| religion=[[Christian]]

| religion=[[Christian]]

| party=Unaffiliated voter}}

| party=Unaffiliated voter}}

'''Max E. Evans'' (born August 29, 1924,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/max-evans/maxevans6193736td|title=Max Evans|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=June 4, 2020}}</ref> in Ropesville in Hockley County near Levelland, [[Texas]]) is the author of twenty-five books focusing on the [[United States|American]] West, specifically the states of Texas, [[New Mexico]], [[Colorado]], and [[Oklahoma]], which he calls the Hi-Lo country. A keen humorist, his books reveal colorful tales about nearly anything from [[horse]]s and [[coyote]]s to his artistic career and the inevitability of aging.<ref name=rosenbrook>{{cite web|url=https://www.americancowboy.com/people/home-max-evans|title=At Home with Max Evans - American Cowboy|publisherAmericancowboy.com|author=Stuart Rosenbrook|date=February 13, 2017|accessdate=June 4, 2020}}</ref>

'''Max E. Evans'' (born August 29, 1924,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/max-evans/maxevans6193736td|title=Max Evans|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=June 4, 2020}}</ref> in Ropesville in Hockley County near Levelland, [[Texas]]) is the author of twenty-five books focusing on the [[United States|American]] West, specifically the states of Texas, [[New Mexico]], [[Colorado]], and [[Oklahoma]], which he calls the Hi-Lo country. A keen humorist, his books reveal colorful tales about nearly anything from [[horse]]s and [[coyote]]s to his artistic career and the inevitability of aging.<ref name=rosenbrook>{{cite web|url=https://www.americancowboy.com/people/home-max-evans|title=At Home with Max Evans - American Cowboy|publisherAmericancowboy.com|author=Stuart Rosenbrook|date=February 13, 2017|accessdate=June 4, 2020}}</ref>

Evans spent much of his growing up years in Lea County near Lovington, New Mexico. He was a cowboy by the age of fourteen in 1938 and received seventy-five cents per day. "I learned to admit when I made mistakes. ... I eventually worked up to what cowboys made—$30 a month."<ref name=rosenbrook/>  

Evans spent much of his growing up years in Lea County near Lovington, New Mexico. He was a cowboy by the age of fourteen in 1938 and received seventy-five cents per day. "I learned to admit when I made mistakes. ... I eventually worked up to what cowboys made—$30 a month."<ref name=rosenbrook/>  

==Book titles==

==Book titles==

*''The King of Taos'' (2020)

*''The King of Taos'' (2020)

*Madam Millie: Bordellos from Silver City to Ketchikan'' (2002)

*''Madam Millie: Bordellos from Silver City to Ketchikan'' (2002)

*''For the Love of a Horse'' (2019)

*''For the Love of a Horse'' (2019)

*''Faraway Blue'' (2019)

*''Faraway Blue'' (2019)