"Flying U Ranch" by B.M. Bower is a delightful Western novel set in the rugged landscape of Montana. The story revolves around Chip Bennett, a young and hardworking cowboy at the Flying U Ranch. When a group of Eastern tourists arrives at the ranch, Chip finds himself in the midst of comedic and romantic encounters. As the tourists experience the wild and untamed West for the first time, cultural differences and misunderstandings arise, adding to the charm of the narrative. Through Chip's interactions with the tourists, the novel explores the clash between traditional cowboy life and the modern world. With a mix of humor, romance, and adventure, "Flying U Ranch" offers entertaining and captivating glimpse into ranch life in the early 20th century American West.
Margaret Muzzy American author Sinclair of Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), better known by the pen name B. M. Bower specialized in producing works of fiction about the American Old West. Her works, which depict cowboys and cows from the Montana Flying U Ranch, showed "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for contrast, a sense of the western landscape as both harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting." She married three men: Bertrand William Sinclair, a Western author, in 1905; Clayton Bower in 1890; and Robert Elsworth Cowan in 1921. But she decided to go by Bower when she published.
