Tales of the Beartooth: Book Two: Cowboys and Dudes (Bk. 2) [Paperback]

John C. Mouat (Author)

Book Description

Series: Tales of the Beartooth | Publication Date: February 3, 2004

The northern boundary of Yellowstone Park and the highest, snow-covered peaks of Montana lie in the craggy, incredibly beautiful Beartooth Mountains. It was to this rugged area that the author came following his retirement as an Air Force combat pilot to carve out a guest ranch in the Stillwater Valley of this wilderness region. He has written two TALES OF THE BEARTOOTH books describing his exciting adventures at his remote Shangri-La. The first, titled Critter Encounters, tells not only of his frustrations but also of his delight in trying to live in harmony with the trouble-making bears, fierce mountain lions, persistent dam-building beavers and numerous other creatures who were determined to share his mountain retreat with him, but on their own terms.The second book, titled Cowboys and Dudes, contains stories about some of the more colorful guests and wranglers who passed through the ranch. There was 'The Family From Hell,' every single one of them coming straight from down below; the 'Do What Is Right' episode about how the author prevented a group of bigots from pressuring a black family to leave the ranch; 'The Man Hater,' who came with a fierce antagonism toward everything male because she had been dumped by her lover for a younger woman but ended up succumbing to the charms of a handsome young ranch cowboy; 'The Rhinestone Cowboy' who was no good at working with horses but was a real charmer of female guests at the ranch; and Little Mandy, a 5-year old temptress who sweet-talked the author into giving her a big, fast horse to ride in the ranch rodeo.Plus many more tales about colorful guests and cowboys who made a lasting impression on the author and his small family during their stay at the Stillwater Valley Guest Ranch.

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About the Author

John C. Mouat was born in 1921 in a small log cabin on a ranch near Custer, Montana where the Big Horn River empties into the Yellowstone and not far from the Battlefield on the Little Big Horn where General Custer and many of his troops were massacred in 1876During World War II, the author piloted 8th Air Force Flying Fortresses from a base in England to targets in Germany. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for bravery during a raid on the ball-bearing plant in Schweinfurt. He also flew combat in Korea from 1950 to 1953.This is the second book in the TALES OF THE BEARTOOTH series. The first was titled Critter Encounters and describes his many adventures with animals while operating a guest ranch in Montana's snow-capped Beartooth Mountains near Yellowstone Park. He has also written two additional books, one about the Flying Tigers and the Korean War and the other about growing up near an old Indian Fort on 'The Last Frontier.' He has plans for a third TALES OF THE BEARTOOTH book as well as a novel about the Vietnam War.Colonel Mouat lives with his wife Carolynn in Cape Canaveral, Florida

Product Details

• Paperback: 504 pages
• Publisher: AuthorHouse (February 3, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0759663017
• ISBN-13: 978-0759663015
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,635,917 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)