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Bertha Muzzy Sinclair(1871-1940)

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Most fans of popular--and prolific--western novelist B.M. Bower would probably be shocked to find out that the "B.M." stood for "Bertha Muzzie", for B.M. Bower was indeed a woman. Born in Cleveland, MN, in 1871, her family moved to Montana when she was a small child and she grew up there, where she loved to jump on a horse and roam the open ranges, hanging out with real cowboys and absorbing as much western lore and history as she could. She married Clayton J. Bower when she was 19 (she married three times altogether). By 1904 she had published her most famous--and many consider her best--novel, "Chip of the Flying U". It sold very well and was brought to the screen three times--with Tom Mix (Chip of the Flying U (1914)), Hoot Gibson (Chip of the Flying U (1926)) and Johnny Mack Brown (Chip of the Flying U (1939)). She wrote several sequels to "Chip" among her prolific output. She eventually left Montana and moved to Oregon for a while, but then moved to Los Angeles, CA, where she died in 1940.
BornNovember 15, 1871
DiedJuly 23, 1940(68)
BornNovember 15, 1871
DiedJuly 23, 1940(68)
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Known for

Helen Gibson in The Wolverine (1921)
The Wolverine
7.4
  • Writer(as B.M. Bower)
  • 1921
North of Fifty-Three (1917)
North of Fifty-Three
  • Writer
  • 1917
Franklyn Farnum in The Galloping Devil (1920)
The Galloping Devil
  • Writer(as B.M. Bower)
  • 1920
Johnny Mack Brown in Chip of the Flying U (1939)
Chip of the Flying U
5.6
  • Writer(as B.M. Bower)
  • 1939

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  • Johnny Mack Brown in Chip of the Flying U (1939)
    Chip of the Flying U
    • (as B.M. Bower)
  • Hoot Gibson and Alberta Vaughn in Points West (1929)
    Points West
    • (as B.M. Bower)
  • Hoot Gibson in King of the Rodeo (1928)
    King of the Rodeo
    • (as B.M. Bower)
  • Frankie Darro, Olin Francis, Barney Furey, and Tom Tyler in The Flying U Ranch (1927)
    The Flying U Ranch
    • (as B.M. Bower)
  • Chip of the Flying U (1926)
    Chip of the Flying U
    • (as B.M. Bower)
  • Buck Connors, Francis Ford, Katherine Grant, Jack Hoxie, William McCall, and Jack Pratt in Ridin' Thunder (1925)
    Ridin' Thunder
    • (as B.M. Bower)
  • Hoot Gibson in Taming the West (1925)
    Taming the West
  • Helen Gibson in The Wolverine (1921)
    The Wolverine
    • (as B.M. Bower)
  • Franklyn Farnum in The Galloping Devil (1920)
    The Galloping Devil
    • (as B.M. Bower)
  • North of Fifty-Three (1917)
    North of Fifty-Three
  • A Modern Knight
    • (as B.M. Bower)
  • Curlew Corliss
    • (as B.M. Bower)
  • How Weary Went Wooing
    • (as B.M. Bower)
  • The Lonesome Trail
  • Fred Huntley and Kathlyn Williams in Chip of the Flying U (1914)
    Chip of the Flying U
    • (as B.M. Bower)

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    • November 15, 1871
    • Cleveland, Michigan, USA
    • July 23, 1940
    • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • 1920 - ?
  • Other works
    Novel (as B.M. Bower): "The Happy Family". NOTE: Filmed as The Galloping Devil (1920).
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