The Thunder Bird
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ISBN10: 9354020372
ISBN13: 9789354020377
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 25 2020
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
ISBN13: 9789354020377
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Jun 25 2020
Pages: 192
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.44 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
Open skies, hard ground, and hearts that will not bend. The range has its secrets. In The Thunder Bird, B. M. Bower brings the pulse of Old West America to the page with the plainspoken intensity that made her a touchstone of frontier adventure fiction. One of the Western's rare early female voices, she captured working ranch culture with unsparing clarity too. Often shelved as a classic western novel, this western adventure tale stands out for its keen eye for ranch and range life and the way danger, loyalty, and desire braid together into a vintage cowboy romance. Bower writes the early twentieth century West as lived experience: work-rough hands, weathered humour, and the codes that hold a community together when the nearest help is miles away. Alongside the grit runs a tender cowboy love story, delivered without sentimentality, that gives the action its stakes and its sting. It is ideal for Zane Grey fans who want a sharper, more conversational realism, and for readers discovering the enduring charm of western classics for kindle, offered here as a complete unabridged edition. For collectors, it also sits proudly among the Flying U Ranch stories as a key example of how Bower helped shape the modern Western, widening its emotional range while keeping its boots in the dust. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.
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