"The Voice at Johnnywater" by B. M. Bower is an early 20th-century story about Gary Marshall, a young actor, and Patricia Connolly, a lively ranch owner who becomes involved in the tough world of ranching. When Gary is summoned by Particia, she announces her purchase of Johnnywater ranch. The story explores themes of ambition, romance, and the stark realities of the American West. Gary faces an inner struggle between his life in the film industry and the allure of a more genuine existence. The novel opens with Gary experiencing a difficult workday when Patricia's call disrupts his routine. Later, Patricia discloses the daunting surprise that she has risked everything to secure a hardscrabble ranch in Nevada, with Gary initially responding with dismay. As Patricia expresses her ranching hopes, Gary's doubts grow, illustrating the tension between their desires and potential struggles. The story's beginning vividly brings their relationship into focus, highlighting the future challenges that lie ahead as Gary wrestles with his personal ambitions.
The voice at Johnnywater
By B. M. Bower
A young actor's Hollywood dreams are challenged when he is drawn to a new rugged life on a Nevada cattle ranch.
Summary
About the AuthorBertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy, 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, 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." She was married three times: to Clayton Bower in 1890, to Bertrand William Sinclair in 1905, and to Robert Elsworth Cowan in 1921. However, she chose to publish under the name Bower.
Bertha Muzzy Sinclair or Sinclair-Cowan, née Muzzy, 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, 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." She was married three times: to Clayton Bower in 1890, to Bertrand William Sinclair in 1905, and to Robert Elsworth Cowan in 1921. However, she chose to publish under the name Bower.
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