Peter Bowen was an American

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born May 22, 1945, and died April 8, 2020. He lived in

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and had worked as a

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, hunting and fishing

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, folksinger,

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, and

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. He was the author of the Yellowstone Kelly historical novels as well as the Gabriel Du Pré mysteries. He also wrote humor and hunting articles under the pseudonym "Coyote Jack" for Forbes FYI magazine.

Works

Yellowstone Kelly novels

* ''Yellowstone Kelly: Gentleman and Scout'', 1987 * ''Kelly Blue'', 1991 * ''Imperial Kelly'', 1992 * ''Kelly and the Three-toed Horse'', 2001

Gabriel Du Pré mysteries

* ''Coyote Wind'', 1994 * ''Specimen Song'', 1995 * ''Wolf, No Wolf'', 1996 * ''Notches'', 1997 * ''Thunder Horse'', 1998 * ''Long Son'', 1999 * ''The Stick Game'', 2000 * ''Cruzatte and Maria'', 2001 * ''Ash Child'', 2002 * ''Badlands'', 2003 * ''The Tumbler'', 2004 * ''Stewball'', 2005 * ''Nails'', 2006 * ''Bitter Creek'', 2015 * ''Solus'', 2018

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20080530171042/http://us.macmillan.com/Author/peterbowen * * http://www.bozemannet.com/livingston_montana/writers.php
Peter Bowen Papers
(University of Montana Archives) 1945 births Living people Writers from Montana American male novelists People from Livingston, Montana American historical novelists American mystery novelists 20th-century American novelists 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American novelists 21st-century American male writers University of Michigan alumni {{US-novelist-1940s-stub