B. M. Bower

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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy (November 15, 1871 – July 23, 1940), best known by her pseudonym B. M. Bower, was an American author who wrote novels and fictional short stories about the American Old West.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Works 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Biography

Born Bertha Muzzy in Cleveland, Minnesota, she was married three times: to Clayton Bower, in 1890; to Bertrand W. Sinclair, in 1912; and to Robert Elsworth Cowan, in 1921.^[1]. She wrote 57 Western novels, several of which were turned into films.^[2]

[edit] Works

• Adam Chasers: 1927
• The Bellehelen Mine: 1924
• Black Thunder: 1926
• Border Vengeance: 1951 (Ghost written by Oscar Friend)
• Cabin Fever: 1918
• Casey Ryan: 1921
• Chip of the Flying U: 1906
• Cow Country: 1921
• Dark Horse: 1931
• Desert Brew: 1925
• The Dry Ridge Gang: 1935
• The Eagle's Wing: 1924
• The Family Failing: 1941
• Five Furies of Leaning Ladder: 1936
• Flying U Ranch: 1914
• The Flying U Strikes: 1933
• The Flying U's Last Stand: 1915
• Fool's Goal: 1930
• Good Indian: 1912
• The Gringos: 1913
• The Happy Family: 1910
• The Haunted Hills: 1934
• Hay Wire: 1928
• Her Prairie Knight: 1909
• The Heritage of the Sioux: 1916
• Jean Of The Lazy ‘A’: 1915
• Laughing Water: 1932
• Lonesome Land: 1912
• The Long Loop: 1931
• The Long Shadow: 1909
• The Lookout Man: 1917
• The Lure of the Dim Trails: 1907
• Man on Horseback: 1940
• Meadowlark Basin: 1925
• The North Wind Do Blow: 1937
• Open Land: 1933
• Outlaw Moon: 1952 (Ghost written by Oscar Friend)
• The Parowan Bonanza: 1923
• The Phantom Herd: 1916
• Pirates of the Range: 1937
• Points West: 1928
• The Quirt: 1920
• The Ranch at the Wolverine: 1914
• Rim O' the World: 1919
• Rocking Arrow: 1932
• Rodeo: 1928
• Rowdy of the Cross L: 1907
• Shadow Mountain: 1936
• The Singing Hill: 1939
• Sky Rider: 1918
• Spirit of the Range: 1940
• Starr of the Desert: 1917
• A Starry Night: 1939
• The Swallowfork Bulls: 1929
• Sweet Grass: 1940
• The Thunder Bird: 1919
• Tiger Eye: 1930
• The Trail of the White Mule: 1922
• Trails Meet: 1933
• Trouble Rides the Wind: 1935
• The Uphill Climb: 1913
• Van Patten: 1926
• The Voice at Johnny Water: 1923
• White Wolves: 1927
• The Whoop-Up Trail
• The Wind Blows West: 1938

[edit] References

1. ^ American women: the official who's who, 1935.
2. ^ Current biography: who's news and why, 1940

[edit] External links

• Works by B. M. Bower at Project Gutenberg
• Bertha Muzzy Sinclair at the Internet Movie Database
• Works by or about B. M. Bower in libraries (WorldCat catalog)