About Phoebe Cranor and the books below

Phoebe and her husband of almost 51 years, John, were special friends to Trapper & Fae Davidson.

Phoebe inspired the writing of  Life as a Mountain Man's Wife one day in 1996 during the preparation of the first Ranch Life book together by saying, "Fae, one day you'll write Trapper's Wife stories like I write Ranch Wife stories."  So Phoebe provided the initial inspiration while Trapper and the various critters and situations we've encountered have provided an on-going supply of entertaining material.  It only took 19 years to gather those stories into a book while our experiences kept happening and providing more and more material to be included all along the way.  But finally Phoebe's prophesy came to pass in 2015 when Life as a Mountain Man's Wife came off the press at B&B Printers in Gunnison – the same place where both of Phoebe's books were printed.  Part of the reason Phoebe and I were such close friends is that we had the common experience of knowing nothing about our husband's chosen professions when we met and then married them.  But an even bigger reason for our friendship was that it was rooted in our mutual love of God and His incredibly creative symbolic workings in all of our lives.

                                                                                                                                                                       Fae Davidson