"Skyrider" by B. M. Bower is a story set in the early 1900s, at the Rolling R Ranch on the Mexican border. It follows Johnny Jewel, a ranch hand with big dreams of becoming a pilot, as he deals with the everyday challenges and romantic interests. Johnny's ambition clashes with his reality, especially when he faces mockery for his dream and when he ends up in conflict with Mary V, the ranch owner's daughter. The story opens by introducing Johnny who wants to be a "skyrider" but is struggling to achieve his goal. The tension between Johnny and Mary V, along with his struggle to chase his dreams, suggests a tale full of humor, adventure, and romance.

Skyrider
By B. M. Bower
A young ranch hand's dreams of flying spark both adventure and rivalry as he navigates love and ambition near the Mexican border.
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.