"Casey Ryan" by B. M. Bower is a story etched in the American West, centered around Casey Ryan, a lively stagecoach driver celebrated for his upbeat attitude and daring driving. Readers are introduced to Casey through tales shared among men, who is recalled as a spirited young man with a love for fast travel, narrating his adventures on treacherous mountain roads where he outmaneuvered robbers and wild animals. Eventually, Casey exchanges his stagecoach for a Ford automobile, symbolizing the shift in time and his resolve to remain the most challenging driver in the West. His mishaps with the automobile lead to comical disputes and accidents, highlighting his resolve and quirky appeal.

Casey Ryan
By B. M. Bower
In the wild American West, a spirited stagecoach driver trades his reins for a steering wheel, leading to a series of humorous mishaps and daring adventures.
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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.