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22) The Quirt
Prolific Western writer Bertha Muzzy Bower penned dozens of novels detailing the difficulty and unique beauty of ranch life in the late 1800s and early 1900s. The Quirt centers on a struggling ranch of the same name and the travails and triumphs of the extended family that fights to keep it afloat.
23) The Thunder Bird
What happens when the hardscrabble cowboys of the Wild West are introduced to the latest in twentieth-century technology? In some cases, they take to the sky as the daring pilots who are preparing the country to go to war. The Thunder Bird is the sequel to B. M. Bower's earlier novel Skyrider, and it packs in just as much aerial excitement as its predecessor.
24) The Uphill Climb
Beloved Western author B. M. Bower is back with another classic yarn of the Old West. Much like her best-known works, The Uphill Climb showcases the inner lives of the cowhands and ranchers who made the region livable—and whose rough-and-tumble lifestyles all too often exacted a harsh toll.
25) The Long Shadow
B. M. Bower was one of the most prolific and popular writers in the early days of the Western genre, and stories like The Long Shadow explain the author's abiding popularity. From heartrending descriptions of the Western landscape, to budding romance, to action-packed chases and fight scenes, this novel truly has something for everyone.
26) The Happy Family
Pull a stump up to the campfire and settle in with a group of lovable, gruff, and good-hearted cattle ranchers from The Flying U Ranch in Montana. This collection of tales follows beloved characters like Irish, Pink, Andy, Weary, Happy Jack, and Big Medicine as they encounter love, rustlers, hard times, family struggles, and other ups and downs of life on the open range.
A man is found shot dead in the kitchen of the Lazy A ranch, and in an absence of other evidence, ranch owner Aleck Douglas is convicted of the crime. His daughter Jean is absolutely certain that he is innocent of the crime, but has no factual evidence with which to prove that her father has been wrongly convicted. With a rapidly dwindling bank account and no clues to speak of, will Jean find a way to free her father and get her old life back?
This short but engaging novel contains all of the elements that made B. M. Bower's books a mainstay of the genre of classic Westerns. Rowdy Vaughn is a goodhearted but somewhat uncouth range rider whose attempts at wooing the local schoolteacher are hampered by a longstanding blood feud. Meanwhile, Rowdy's boss is struggling to keep his herd alive during a brutal drought. It's a little slice of life in the untamed West that is sure to please Western
...29) Skyrider
What do hard-living cowboys and daredevil airplane pilots have in common? According to B.M. Bower's Skyrider, these groups share an inborn craving for adventure that sets them apart from the rest of the world. Johnny Jewel, a cowhand given to daydreaming, is determined to pursue his hope of becoming a pilot at all costs.
In her prolific career as a writer of many classic Westerns, the most beloved characters ever created by author B. M. Bower were the happy but hardscrabble crew of the Flying U ranch. The Lonesome Trail catches up with the band of cowhands and ranchers as some of them have grown weary of range life and have decided to forge a path for themselves in the big city.
31) Good Indian
Wild-at-heart cowboy Grant Imsen has never taken a liking to big city life or civilization as a whole, for that matter. But when he meets Evadna Ramsey, a genteel visitor from New Jersey, everything changes in the blink of an eye. Is there any hope for this diametrically opposed duo to live happily ever after?
32) Rim o' the World
B. M. Bower's novel Rim o' the World introduces readers to a rough-and-tumble group of range riders who scrape out a living in the foreboding and unwelcoming region known as Black Rim Country. Packed with suspense, action, and romance, this is a must-read for Western fans of all ages.
33) The Lookout Man
Fans of B. M. Bower's fast-paced Western novels will love The Lookout Man. Set in Northern California when the region was still teetering between civilization and Old West devilry, the novel tells the tale of a young protagonist who has a good heart but a seemingly insatiable taste for danger.
A DAUGHTER OF THE DONS, by William Macleod Raine
THE DUKE OF CHIMNEY BUTTE, by G. W. Ogden
RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE, by Zane Grey
THE RAINBOW TRAIL, by Zane Grey
DESERT GOLD (1913)
THE BORDER LEGION, by Zane Grey
WILDFIRE, by Zane Grey
THE HEART OF THE DESERT,
The Cowboy Megapack collection 25 tales of western adventure, including two complete novels and 23 short stories! Authors represented included Johnston McCulley (creator of Zorro), Robert E. Howard (creator of Conan the Barbarian), Clarence E. Mulford (creator of Hopalong Cassidy), and many more.
The western tales are:
"A Texan Rides the Trouble Trail" by Johnston McCulley
"Sixguns to Bowie" by Robert J. Hogan
"The Drive" by Clarence E.
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