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Title Little Britches : father and I were ranchers / by Ralph Moody ; illustrated by Edward Shenton
Publisher Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1991], ©1950
Subject Moody, Ralph, 1898-1982
Moody, Ralph, 1898-1982 -- Family
Moody family
Ranchers -- Colorado -- Biography
Ranch life -- Colorado -- History -- 20th century
Fathers -- Colorado -- Biography
Families.
Fathers.
Ranch life.
Ranchers.
Add'l Author Shenton, Edward, 1895-1977. Illustrator.
Description 1 online resource (260 pages) : illustrations
Note Reprint. Originally published: New York : Norton, ©1950
"A Bison book."
Summary Ralph Moody was eight years old in 1906 when his family moved to a Colorado ranch. Through his eyes we experience the pleasures and perils of ranching there at the dawn of the century. Auctions and roundups, family picnics, irrigation wars, tornadoes, and windstorms provide authentic color. So do adventures, wonderfully told, that prepare Ralph to take his father's place. The first volume of Moody's little Britches series, this time-tested favorite is hard to beat for its "dreaming and refreshing account of family life."
Contents Cover; Copyright; Title Page; Dedication; Contents; 1. We Move to Colorado; 2. Neighbors; 3. Fight, Molly!; 4. My Chabacter-House; 5. The Big Wind; 6. We Become Real Ranchers; 7. I Become a Horseman; 8. I Become a Sort of Cowboy; 9. Grace Tries It, Too; 10. My Friend Two Dog; 11. Haying; 12. I Go After Two Dog; 13. We Go to an Auction; 14. The Irrigation Fight; 15. I Give Mr. Lake a Ride; 16. A Good Month, With no School; 17. I Meet the Sheriff; 18. Father and I Become Partners; 19. Trapping Pheasants; 20. Thanksgiving and Christmas; 21. I Break Nine Toes; 22. Bad Times Were Not So Bad
23. Tornado and Cloudburst24. I Become a Cow Poke; 25. a Pretty Strong Current; 26. Training Sky High; 27. Father and I Learn to Shoot; 28. Riding In The Roundup; 29. We Face It; 30. We Move to Littleton; 31. So Long, Partner
Note Print version record
ISBN 9780803283305
080328330X
OCLC # 826025341