Muley Bowles is not your typical cowboy. He's a dreamer with a poetic streak and a stubborn conviction that the universe owes him both love and fortune. When he sets his sights on Susie Abernathy, the niece of a particularly ornery sheep rancher, he finds himself navigating more than just rugged terrain. Muley's grand romantic schemes collide with reality in spectacular fashion, as his poetical nature and overconfidence lead him into one comedic scrape after another. The American frontier has never felt so absurd or so warm. W. C. Tuttle wrote this gem in the early 20th century, when Western humor was flourishing as its own distinct art form. The book captures something timeless about the gap between our romantic ideals and the messy actualities of pursuing them. For readers who like their humor dry, their cowboys unconventional, and their love stories with a healthy dose of chaos.
