🎯 Where Should I Start?
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Publication Order of Flying U Books
Start with: Chip of the Flying U (1906)
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Publication Order of Standalone Novels
Start with: Rowdy of the Cross L (1907)
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Publication Order of Collections
Start with: The Terror: Western Stories (2003)
ⓘ About B.M. Bower
B.M. Bower was a published American author of fiction. This is a pen name that was used for Bertha Muzzy Sinclair. She was known for writing short stories, novels, and screenplays, which frequently featured the Old West as its setting. Bertha was born on November 15, 1871. She would pass away on July 23, 1940. She was born in Minnesota in Otter Tail County to her parents Eunice and Washington. Their family would end up moving in 1889 to a homestead close to Great Falls, Montana. She would begin teaching school before turning 18 years old in the fall in Milligan Valley in a log outbuilding that had been converted and had twelve students. Her experiences teaching would help her to write school madam characters that would appear in her works like The North Wind Do Blow in 1937.
All Book Series by B.M. Bower
1
Chip of the Flying U
Series opener · book 1 of 12 · published 1906
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2
The Happy Family of the Flying U
Book 2 of 12 · published 1910
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4
The Flying U's Last Stand
Book 4 of 12 · published 1915
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5
The Heritage of the Sioux
Book 5 of 12 · published 1916
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7
The Flying U Strikes
Book 7 of 12 · published 1933
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8
The Whoop-Up Trail
Book 8 of 12 · published 1933
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9
Trouble Rides the Wind
Book 9 of 12 · published 1997
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11
The Spirit of the Range
Book 11 of 12 · published 2005
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12
Law on the Flying U
Latest in the series · book 12 of 12 · published 2012
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1
Rowdy of the Cross L
Series opener · book 1 of 32 · published 1907
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2
The Range Dwellers
Book 2 of 32 · published 1907
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4
Good Indian
Book 4 of 32 · published 1912 Co-authored · Fran Berkeley Smith
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6
Jean of the Lazy
Book 6 of 32 · published 1915
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7
The Phantom Herd
Book 7 of 32 · published 1916
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8
Starr of the Desert
Book 8 of 32 · published 1917
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9
The Lookout Man
Book 9 of 32 · published 1917
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15
Haunted Hills
Book 15 of 32 · published 1934
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16
Shadow Mountain
Book 16 of 32 · published 1936
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17
Pirates of the Range
Book 17 of 32 · published 1938
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18
The Voice at Johnnywater
Book 18 of 32 · published 2005
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19
The Lure of the Dim Trails
Book 19 of 32 · published 2006
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20
The Long Shadow
Book 20 of 32 · published 2007
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21
Her Prairie Knight
Book 21 of 32 · published 2009
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22
The Family Failing
Book 22 of 32 · published 2011
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27
The ranch at the Wolverine:
Book 27 of 32 · published 2020
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28
The Thunder Bird
Book 28 of 32 · published 2020
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30
The Trail of the White Mule
Book 30 of 32 · published 2020
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31
The Parowan Bonanza
Book 31 of 32 · published 2020
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32
The Uphill Climb
Latest in the series · book 32 of 32 · published 2020
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1
The Terror: Western Stories
Series opener · book 1 of 3 · published 2003
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2
The Lonesome Trail
Book 2 of 3 · published 2015
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3
Collected Works of B. M. Bower
Latest in the series · book 3 of 3 · published 2017
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1
Big Book of Best Short Stories - Volume 12
Single-title series · published 2020
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? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is B.M. Bower?
B.M. Bower was a published American author of fiction. This is a pen name that was used for Bertha Muzzy Sinclair. She was known for writing short stories, novels, and screenplays, which frequently featured the Old West as its setting.
Which B.M. Bower series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Flying U series, the earliest of B.M. Bower's multi-book series: it opens with Chip of the Flying U (1906) and runs to 12 books across 1906–2012, ending with Law on the Flying U (2012).
How many books has B.M. Bower written?
B.M. Bower has 48 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1906 and 2020. 12 of them belong to 1 named series — the largest being the Flying U series with 12 books — and 36 are standalone titles, collections or anthologies.
In what order should B.M. Bower's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. B.M. Bower's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Flying U (1906–2012, 12 books).
How are B.M. Bower's books organised into series?
This guide splits B.M. Bower's 48 books into 1 named series and 36 titles that stand alone or appear only in collections: Flying U (12 books, 1906–2012).