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B. M. (Bertha Muzzy) Bower was the first woman to make a career of writing popular westerns. And what a career it was—more than sixty novels published from 1904 to 1940, the year of her death, and still more posthumously. In the western orbit, Bower was—and still is—a star. 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 typical woman-shy cowboy, but he is also a gifted artist (reputedly, Bower based the character on Charles M. Russell, who illustrated Chip). Della, a doctor, is the young woman who disrupts his solitary life. The result as a quality ranch romance. Chip of the Flying U was a great success that led to several movie versions, one of them casting Hoot Gibson as Chip. Today's readers who grew up watching westerns on television will appreciate Bower's cinematic style. After living much of her life in Chouteau County, Montana, she moved to Los Angeles, close to the movie industry that increasingly fascinated her.

"Chip of the Flying U" is a 1906 novel by B. M. Bower. Chip is shy cowboy with little experience talking to women whose humble life as a rancher is changed forever when he meets a young doctor called Della. "Chip of the Flying U" is a classic example of Western romance fiction not to be missed by those with a love of the genre. Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan (1871 - 1940), more commonly known as B. M. Bower, was an American author famous for her novels, short stories, and screenplays set in the American Old West. Other notable works by this author include: "Casey Ryan", (1921), "The Long Loop" (1931), and "Cow Country" (1921). Many vintage books such as this are becoming increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction and biography of the author.

The weekly mail had just arrived at the Flying U ranch. Shorty, who had made the trip to Dry Lake on horseback that afternoon, tossed the bundle to the "Old Man" and was halfway to the stable when he was called back peremptorily."Shorty! O-h-h, Shorty! Hi!"Shorty kicked his steaming horse in the ribs and swung round in the path, bringing up before the porch with a jerk."Where's this letter been?" demanded the Old Man, with some excitement. James G. Whitmore, cattleman, would have been greatly surprised had he known that his cowboys were in the habit of calling him the Old Man behind his back. James G. Whitmore did not consider himself old, though he was constrained to admit, after several hours in the saddle, that rheumatism had searched him out-because of his fourteen years of roughing it, he said. Also, there was a place on the crown of his head where the hair was thin, and growing thinner every day of his life, though he did not realize it. The thin spot showed now as he stood in the path, waving a square envelope aloft before Shorty, who regarded it with supreme indifference.

The boys of the Flying U ranch aren’t tickled when they hear that the Old Man’s sister is coming to stay at the Ranch over the summer. First they’re determined that she’ll be harsh-nosed and crabby, then that she’ll be a brainless twit no good for anything. All of their imagination could not have prepared them for the real woman. Della Whitmore arrive young, fresh, intelligent, and quite eager to enter into the fun – and pain – of ranch life. She studied to be a doctor back east, and from the letters she gets from one ‘Dr. Cecil Graham’, it appears that she’s to be a doctor’s wife, too. But “Chip”, the ranch’s prime hand, comes under the magnetism of Della’s presence. She, too, does not seem insensitive to their growing attraction. Their friendship is further bolstered as Della saves the life of Chip’s horse and encourages him in his remarkable artistic skills. But is their friendship destined to be only that – friendship? Or will Cecil Graham prove to be no competition for Chip?

First published in 1906, this new Raging Bull Edition contains the original text as well as background articles including:- B M Bower – Woman Wonder of Western Writing- A List of Stories by B M Bower - Cattle Rustling in the Old West CHIP OF THE FLYING UAll of the boys at the Flying U grumbled – among themselves – when they heard that the Old Man's sister was coming to spend the summer. They didn't want a woman at the ranch, and certainly not one who had just received a medical degree! But if they'd had an inkling of what was really going to happen, they would have done more than grumble...The first installment in the Flying U trilogy.VISIT WWW.RAGINGBULLPUBLISHING.COM AND DOWNLOAD YOUR FREE WESTERN STARTER LIBRARY

Book #1 in the Flying U series: the book introduced readers to the fictional Flying U Ranch and the "Happy Family" of cowboys who lived there. The story line centers on a cowboy named Chip and his relationship with Dr. Della Whitmore, a self-reliant doctor from the East who "can shoot a coyote, laugh off a hazing, doctor a horse, and turn cowboys into pediatric orderlies." The book was adapted for film four times. — Excerpted from B. M. Bowers on Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.““Gosh, I’d like to give her a real warm reception,” said Jack Bates (who had been told that the “Old Man’s” sister was due to arrive), who had a reputation for mischief. “I know them Eastern folks, down t’ the ground. They think cow-punchers wear horns. Yes, they do. They think we’re holy terrors that eat with our six-guns beside our plates—and the like of that. They make me plum tired. I’d like to—wish we knew her brand.”“I can tell you that,” said Chip, cynically. “There’s just two bunches to choose from. There’s the Sweet Young Things, that faint away at sight of a six-shooter, and squawk and catch at your arm if they see a garter snake, and blush if you happen to catch their eye suddenly, and cry if you don’t take off your hat every time you see them a mile off.”

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