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The boisterous and bow-legged Happy Family of Montana rides high in this sequel to Chip of the Flying U. Originally published in 1910, The Happy Family is, like Chip, cinematic in its fast action, unusual in its emphasis on human relationships, unique in its warmth and humor. Here are the cowpokes who endeared themselves to generations of readers-Andy, Weary, Irish, Pink, Happy Jack, Big Medicine, and the rest. They were so popular that their creator devoted a series of novels to their wrangling on the rangeland and in the ranchhouse. These stories play out in the badlands, on the edge of the Rockies. Andy Green, "not famous ever for clinging to the truth," encounters Miss Verbena Martin, who is dedicated to the self-improvement of cowboys and is a character worthy of Mark Twain. Riding a red roan at a contest in Great Falls, Andy hangs on to his honor and pride by the seat of his pants. In another story, there is a crisis concerning the French cook Patsy, whose specialty is heavy pie and not floating island. All this fun has a western flavor, the smell of sage, and the feel of cowhide. B. M. (Bertha Muzzy) Bower was the first woman to make a career of writing westerns. And what a career it was-more than sixty novels published from 1904 to 1940, the year of her death, and still more posthumously. Kate Baird Anderson is B. M. Bower's granddaughter and lives in Bentonville, Arkansas.

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Book category Books in English Literature & literary studies Literature: history & criticism Literary studies: general

• Full title: Happy Family of the Flying U
• Author: B. M. Bower
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 323
• EAN: 9780803261303
• ISBN: 0803261306
• ID: 04923690
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Weight: 369 g
• Dimensions: 216 × 140 × 20 mm
• Date of publishing: 01. June 1996

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