Gott, Patricia Probert

1952 -

Norway, Maine, 04268
pgott@gwi.net
http://www.prgottbooks.net
Park County

Biographical and Professional Information

Patricia Probert Gott is a retired business woman, professional photographer, and author of four books. She resides in rural Maine.

Ms Gott owned her own business in Maine for twenty-four years before retiring. She is an accomplished equestrienne who trains her own horses. She is an adventurer and avid traveler, having traveled to forty-seven states in the United States and has been horse trekking in nine states and on four continents.
Ms Gott was a forty-year-old woman when she and her Arabian horse were hired by Glenn Fales to work summers at Rimrock Ranch. She worked as a ranch wrangler and with her Arabian horse, Razan, guided ranch guests on trail rides throughout Wapiti Valley, Washiki Wilderness and the Shoshone National Forest. This is the story of her adventures.

_Cowgirl Series Synopsis_
In So You Wanna be a Cowgirl, I made my debut as a horse wrangler at a dude ranch in Wyoming, and I met a good-looking cowboy named Dustin!
In Cowgirl Days, the second book in the Cowgirl series, takes me to the next season training young horses and wild mustangs at Dustin's family D & L Horse Ranch in Montana. There my adventures take me from horse training to endurance racing.
I return to the dude ranch in Wyoming to work as a wrangler and trail guide again where I experience an exhilarating pack trip over Ptarmigan Mountain into Hardpan Basin, and I work a premier pack trip from Cody to Jackson, Wyoming via Marsten Pass returning by way of Eagle Creek Pass in a snowstorm.

_Review_
Laura Ashton wrote "Reading Pat's westerns is fun! She has strong descriptive skills that enable you as a reader to see the mountains, rivers and ranches just as they are, and the horses and people as she did while she was there. She did indeed have adventures as a female horse wrangler, met a rugged cowboy that swept her off her feet, and learned so much about an area and way of life that holds appeal for many of us. Wyoming and Montana would seem to be natural and unspoiled by our civilization back east. I encourage anyone with an adventurous spirit to pick these up and read them!"

Genres

Autobiography or Biography
Western
Wyoming Subjects
Travel
Children's Horse

Titles

HORSE TAILS by SHASTA (Aug 2008), PRGott Books; Children's colorfully illustrated horse story for ages 4-9.
Cowgirl Days (May 2008). Frederick, Maryland:PublishAmerica. ISBN 1-60563-218-X; Sequel; more lady wrangler adventures in Montana and Wyoming.
Ancient Egypt and the Nile (Oct 2007) PRGottbooks; Non-fiction Travel
So You Wanna Be A Cowgirl (May 2007). Frederick, Maryland: PublishAmerica. ISBN: 1424175690; Based on author's true-life adventures in Wyoming.
Metamorphosis, My Journey of Growth and Change (Nov 2006) PRGottbooks; Autobiography.
Volunteer to Empower (May 2006) PRGottbooks; Non-fiction Travel.
Great Western Fiction Ms Gott also writes for this monthly magazine, featuring a married couple's adventures as scouts, guides and outfitters in Park County Wyoming from 1894-1904

Book Signings, Sales and Presentations 2008

May 10 2008 Waldenbooks, Auburn, Maine
May 31 Paris Public Library, South Paris, Maine
Jun 27 11AM - 1 PM Books 'n Things, 430 Main St. Norway, ME
Jul 12 9 AM - 4 PM Norway Maine Sidewalk Art Festival
Jul 19 8 AM - 3 PM Craft Fair Oxford, ME Fire Station
Aug 02 9 AM - 2 PM Strong Library,Strong, ME
Aug 09 9 AM - 2 PM Maine Veterans Home Craft Fair, High St, So Paris
Aug 16 11AM - 1 PM Bethel Bookstore, 130 Main St. Bethel, ME.
Sep6-13 9 AM - 9 PM Oxford County Fair, Inspirations Building, ME.
Oct 11 9 AM - 2 PM West Paris Grange Craft Fair, Maine
Oct 18 9 AM - 2 PM Craft Fair American Legion,So Paris,ME
Oct 25 9 AM - 3 PM Oxford Congregational Church Craft Fair, ME
Nov 01 9 AM - 2 PM Maine Veterans Home Craft Fair, High St, So Paris
Nov 22 9 AM - 3 PM DECA, Craft Fair at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School

She is available for speaking engagements and book signings
Contact:Patricia Gott at pgott@gwi.net