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Loading... The Home Ranch (original 1994; edition 1956)by Ralph Moody (Author), Edward Shenton (Illustrator)
Work InformationThe Home Ranch by Ralph Moody (1994)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. One of the nicest parts of this book is when Ralph's mother gives him permission to join the "home ranch" for the summer. As a fatherless boy, Ralph needs substitute fathers who can show him what it means to be a man - and there are an abundance in this summer of his life. Wonderful to watch these men help Ralph become responsible but not bragging. no reviews | add a review
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HTML: Little Britches becomes the "man" in his family after his father's early death, taking on the concomitant responsibilities as well as opportunities. During the summer of his twelfth year he works on a cattle ranch in the shadow of Pike's Peak, earning a dollar a day. Little Britches is tested against seasoned cowboys on the range and in the corral. He drives cattle through a dust storm, eats his weight in flapjacks, and falls in love with a blue outlaw horse. Following Little Britches and developing an episode noted near the end of Man of the Family, The Home Ranch continues the adventures of young Ralph Moody. Soon after returning from the ranch, he and his mother and siblings will go east for a new start, described in Mary Emma & Company and The Fields of Home. All these titles have been reprinted as Bison Books. Purchase the audio edition. .No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)813.54Literature English (North America) American fiction 20th Century 1945-1999LC ClassificationRatingAverage:
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I do love this series. Moody's insights and integrity are stellar. The anecdotes are understated but illustrative of a life embraced with enthusiasm and grit. The narrator's overenunciation still makes me twitch sometimes, but it's so nice to have these in spoken form. ( )