B.M. Bower's "Jean of the Lazy A" is a captivating Western book that transports readers on an exciting voyage across the wild landscape of the American West. The protagonist of the novel is Jean, a strong-willed young woman put in charge of the Lazy A Ranch after her father's unexpected death. As a woman in a predominantly male surroundings, Jean has many difficulties as she works to establish her competence as a ranch owner and manager. With Pard, her devoted horse, at her side, Jean navigates the challenging realities of ranch life, fights off dishonest neighbors, and deals with unforeseen love entanglements. Readers are treated to evocative depictions of the Western landscape, the thrill of cattle drives, and the tenacity of a young lady defying social expectations throughout the whole book. In the Wild West, "Jean of the Lazy A" is a compelling story of bravery, tenacity, and the triumph of the human spirit.
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.
