"The Quirt" by B. M. Bower is a story that throws us into the rough cowboy life of the American West. It centers on Brit Hunter as he works hard to keep his ranch going with his friend Frank Johnson, while also trying to deal with old family problems and the results of bad choices he made before. We get to see the everyday struggles they face running their small cattle ranch, like trying to raise cattle when they don't have much land. The beautiful and descriptive writing helps us really imagine the isolated cowboy life. As the story goes on, we get clues about what's to come with Brit's daughter, Lorraine. She grew up far away from the tough ranch life and her upcoming visit will probably cause a lot of trouble between her fancy ideas about the West and how hard her dad's life really is.
The Quirt
By B. M. Bower
A struggling rancher must confront his troubled past as his daughter's arrival threatens to upend his rugged existence in the harsh American West.
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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