B M Bower

Chip of the Flying U B M Bower

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B. M. (Bertha Muzzy) Bower become the first lady to make a career of writing famous westerns. And what a profession it becomes--greater than sixty novels published from 1904 to 1940, the 12 months of her demise, and still extra posthumously. In the western orbit, Bower turned into--and nevertheless is--a celeb. Her first, Chip of the Flying U, lays out a ranch in Montana and introduces the Happy Family. the bunkhouse gang. that reappears in her later books. Chip is the standard girl-shy cowboy, however, he is also a gifted artist (reputedly, Bower primarily based the person on Charles M. Russell, who illustrated Chip). Della, a doctor, is the young female who disrupts his solitary existence. The result as an exceptional ranch romance.
The chip of the Flying U became a superb success that caused several movie versions, one of them casting Hoot Gibson as Chip. Today's readers who grew up watching westerns on tv will appreciate Bower's cinematic style. After living a lot of her life in Chouteau County, Montana, she moved to Los Angeles, near the movie enterprise that more and more fascinated her.