Tales of the Beartooth: Book Two: Cowboys and Dudes

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.