About the Collection

Bower wrote a multitude of short stories featuring the Flying U characters. This one best of the collections. These earlier stories have a more familiar flavor and focus mainly on the original characters, rather than the new ones added later.

The Title Novella

The title novella, "The Lonesome Trail," was evidently composed of several previously-published short stories woven together; the earliest of which, "Why Weary Went A-Wooing," even predated Chip of the Flying U.