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.
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.. She wrote 57
Western novels, several of which were turned into
films.
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
- 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
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