A FCTBK Heidi M. Thomas: Cowgirl Dreams SIGNED $12.95 - Western Wear,Southwestern Wear,Cowgirl Clothing,Cowboy Clothing,Leather Jackets, Fashion Accessories, Home Decor, Native American Art, Jewelry, Americana merchandise inspired by the American West

Cowgirl Dreams
Heidi M. Thomas
Treble Heart Books, 2008

Winner of the EPIC AWARD
The National Best Books 2009 Awards
Award Finalist - Fiction, Western

SIGNED BY THE AUTHOR

Tune into "Around the Barn" on KHTS 1220 AM and streaming live on-line at www.hometownstation.com for a live interview with Western authors Heidi M. Thomas and {>}Margaret Brownley on Saturday, Feb. 25.

From the Publisher:

Defying family and social pressure, Nettie Brady bucks 1920s convention with her dream of becoming a rodeo star. That means competing with men, and cowgirls who ride the rodeo circuit are considered “loose women.”

Addicted to the thrill of pitting her strength and wits against a half-ton steer in a rodeo, Nettie exchanges skirts for pants, rides with her brothers on their Montana ranch, and competes in neighborhood rodeos.

Broken bones, killer influenza, flash floods, and family hardship team up to keep Nettie from her dreams. Then she meets a young neighbor cowboy who rides broncs and raises rodeo stock. Will this be Nettie’s ticket to freedom and happiness? Will her rodeo dreams come true?

Based on the life of the author’s grandmother, a real Montana cowgirl.

Softcover. 261pp.

Provided by the Publisher, About the Author:
Raised on a ranch in isolated eastern Montana, Heidi Thomas has had a penchant for reading and writing since she was a child. Armed with a degree in journalism from the university of Montana, she worked for the Daily Missoulian newspaper, and has had numerous magazine articles published.

A tidbit of family history that her grandmother rode steers in rodeos during the 1920s, spurred Heidi to write a novel based on that grandmother's life. Cowgirl Dreams is the first in a series about strong, independent Montana Women. The series continues with book two{>}Follow The Dream, and more on the way!

Heidi is a member of Women Writing the West, Skagit Valley Writers League, Skagit Women in Business, and the Northwest Independent Editors Guild. She is an avid reader of all kinds of books, enjoys hiking the Pacific Northwest, where she writes, edits, and teaches memoir and fiction writing classes.

Married to Dave Thomas (not of Wendy's fame), Heidi has no children, but as the "human" for two finicky felines, describes herself primarily as a "cat herder." {>}Meet Heidi M. Thomas.