Reading the September 2000 True West article by Glenn Shirley, titled, “A Tireless Energy & Nerves of Steel,” I was fascinated by Caroline Bonneville. Are there books about other independent women of the early West?

Stace Webb Via the Internet Agnes Morley Cleveland wrote No Life for a Lady, which is about her experiences on a ranch in New Mexico. Mary Kidder Rak wrote A Cowman’s Wife, which is about 1920s ranching in Cochise County, Arizona. She was a Stanford graduate who married a cowboy named Charlie Rak. (She ended up working the cattle, while he cooked the meals.) One woman whose life story would make an interesting book is Catherine Jones, who ranched in Cave Creek, Arizona, in the 1920s. Known as