B. M. Bower | |
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 Portrait of B. M. Bower, circa 1890 | |
| Born | Bertha Muzzy November 15, 1871 |
| Died | July 23, 1940 |
| Occupation | Author |
| Notable work | Chip of the Flying U |
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, fictional short stories, and screenplays about the American Old West. Her works, featuring cowboys and cows of the Flying U Ranch in Montana, reflected "an interest in ranch life, the use of working cowboys as main characters (even in romantic plots), the occasional appearance of eastern types for the sake of contrast, a sense of western geography as simultaneously harsh and grand, and a good deal of factual attention to such matters as cattle branding and bronc busting."[1] She was married three times: to Clayton Bower in 1890, to Bertrand William Sinclair (also a Western author) in 1905, and to Robert Elsworth Cowan in 1921. However, she chose to publish under the name Bower.[2]
- ^ William A. Bloodworth Jr. (1981). "Mulford and Bower: Myth and History in the Early Western". 1 (2). Great Plains Quarterly: 95–104. Retrieved 2013-11-21.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Hanshew, Annie (10 June 2014). "Writing a Rough-and-Tumble World". Women's History Matters. Montana Historical Society. Retrieved 1 September 2015.