Lonesome Land, by B. M. Bower
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"Lonesome Land" from B. M. Bower. American author (1871-1940).
Lonesome Land, by B. M. Bower- Published on: 2015-03-24
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .41" w x 6.00" l, .55 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 182 pages
From the Back Cover Valeria had come to Montana to marry a cowboy named Manley, expecting a future full of companionship and bracing freedom, lodges with great fireplaces and bearskin rugs, manageable cattle and sleek horses, and dazzling sunrises. If Val had known what was really waiting for her, she simply wouldn't have gotten off the train. Oh, the country was impressive, but it could be cruel in winter and lonesome for a woman stuck on a ranch miles from the nearest neighbor. Val is cast into circumstances that test her temper, strength, and sanity. Married to an alcoholic, she is forced to revise her back-East notions about men and women, duty, and the West itself. She goes from romanticization to "blind unreasoning terror of the empty land" to decisive action.
About the Author B. M.(Bertha Muzzy) Bower (1871–1940), the first woman to make a career of writing popular westerns like Chip of the Flying U, lived on a ranch in Montana and knew from experience Val’s situation, her awakening and embrace of the unconventional. Originally published in 1912, Lonesome Land is an extraordinary novel, perhaps Bower’s best. She was decades ahead of her time in taking on the subjects of divorce and spouse abuse. Pam Houston is the author of Cowboys Are My Weakness: Stories, winner of the 1993 Western States Book Award. She lives in Colorado near the headwaters of the Rio Grande.
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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful. Lonesome Land haunts By A Customer I read this book over twenty-five years ago in my mother's collection of books that she bought as a young adult. Of all my mother's books, this one remains a vivid impression. Val gains depths the reader would not expect from the first shallow impression. Her husband's alcoholism and moral weakness are hard subjects for the early-century audience that Bower handles with a verity not often encountered. Yet my deepest etched memory is the love between Val and the hard-working honest cowboy she shuns at the first; he is impressed by her bravery alone in the cabin and her willingness to work hard to make a home in a shack when she expected a solid house, he wants to help her, he watches her struggle and transform, he realizes her husband is not worthy of her and he wants her for himself. Eventually he loves her with the kind of love she needs. This I remember to this day. The unexpected knight who replaces the prince of soft gold; the princess who realizes the difference between glitter and iron. These archetypes B.M. Bower worked with long before "archetypes" became a catch-word. She was writing good stories, better than good stories, and she deserves to remain in print based on this book alone. (Although the later Flying U book about the young man who goes to the rodeo to prove he's as much of a hero as his "wild west" father and uncles were is also as good).
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Do not start reading this book! By Randy M. This was a decent book up until the ending. You are left with no conclusions to any of the story lines in this book. I was very disappointed that the book was just stopped like everything was wrapped up. It was not and to be left hanging with no conclusion is a perfect example of bad writing. I have read several books by this author and this is by far the worst one I have read. If you want to read a really good book by this author, read Chip Of The Flying U. That book was the reason I started reading this author.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. Fun and Adventure in the Old West By Lover of Books B. M. Bower writes fun western adventures, usually, but not always, involving a young man and woman who fall in love amongst the savage splendor of life in the west. This book follows that pattern, beginning with the arrival of a young woman to a small town in order to marry her childhood sweetheart, who has moved west to start a ranch. During the intervening years, however, he has changed, and while coping with the hard, lonely life of a small ranch, the new wife must learn to cope with loneliness and disappointment. One of her few contacts with the outside world is a friend of her husband's whom she despises. Their relationship gradually changes as her husband's true character is slowly revealed to her. I truly enjoy Bower's novels, and Lonesome Land was a pleasure to read. It is tempting to give all of her books 5 stars, but some are definitely better than others.
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