'Ralph Moody's books should be read aloud in every family circle in America"--Sterling North. "[Moody] has a splendid talent for bringing the ashes of the past into life' - "Chicago Sunday Tribune". This is a gallant book - from the first sentence until the last. It is a true story, written in the first person, written without sentimentality but ...
'Ralph Moody's books should be read aloud in every family circle in America' - Sterling North. '[Moody] has a splendid talent for bringing the ashes of the past into life' - "Chicago Sunday Tribune". 'An affectionate portrait of ranch-town folk who knew how to help without humiliating, and a warm but ungushing tribute to a remarkable woman who ...
'Moody has recorded with fidelity and skill a time and a place and a way of life that is, in itself, the essence of the American dream. Reading his book is like returning to Grandmother's kitchen with the heavenly smell of sugar cookies escaping from the oven' - "Chicago Sunday Tribune". 'In Ralph Moody's ...book of young memories grinding poverty ...
'One of the happiest pieces of Americana produced in our times ...rich in good talk, good food, good living, and best of all, good people. It is the kind of book you keep hoping will never end' - "Chicago Tribune". 'As bright and clean as clear water bubbling over rocks in a trout stream' - "New York Times". 'A lively story ...warm with humor; ...
Master storyteller Ralph Moody tells the thrilling story of a plucky horse who refused to quit, a down-on-his-luck jockey who didn't let horrendous accidents keep him out of the saddle, and a taciturn trainer who brought out the best in both. During the Great Depression, Seabiscuit captured the hearts of Americans from the streets to the White ...
'In twelve-year-old terms, any summer is a long time, and the author has packed this chronicle with enough action to fill most adult years' - Hal Borland, "New York Times". 'For the real Western cowboy fan, young or old, this is a natural' - "Kirkus". 'No memoirs ...are more agreeable than these pages. The light of decency and honesty and old ...
Ralph Moody's books "should be read aloud in every family circle in America." - "Sterling North." Ralph Moody, just turned twenty, had only a dime in his pocket when he was put off a freight in western Nebraska. It was the Fourth of July in 1919. Three months later he owned eight teams of horses and rigs to go with them. Everyone who worked with ...
The name Geronimo, the legendary Indian who inspired and fought for his people, still sends shivers down the spine. But who was this man? Here is the riveting tale of the last Apache warrior. Born in 1829, Geronimo was transformed into a feared and respected renegade after witnessing the brutal slaughter of his family. Ultimately he spent more ...
Ralph Moody's books "should be read aloud in every family circle in America." - "Sterling North." "A book I would especially recommend for someone with a problem. It is not a bit 'preachy,' but it warms your heart. It would be as appropriate for a secluded retreat for keyed-up executives as for a junior high library." - "Best Sellers." "Ralph ...
'Social historians of the future, seeking material on the life of American boys during the first few decades of the present century will ignore the books of Ralph Moody at their peril...[Moody] has a splendid talent for bringing the ashes of the past into life' - "Chicago Sunday Tribune". 'A sentimental reminiscence rich in good humor and courage, ...
'The two decades between the California gold rush and the golden-spike ceremony in Utah comprised the golden age of stagecoaching in America. Around this sure-fire theme Ralph Moody has woven an accurate and colorful tapestry' - "Journal of American History". 'Step aboard [Moody's] coach and take a rollicking ride through prime Americana' - Mark L ...
Prior to the Civil War, the fastest mail between the West Coast and the East took almost thirty days by stagecoach along a southern route through Texas. Some Californians feared their state would not remain in the Union, separated so far from the free states. Then businessman William Russell invested in a way to deliver mail between San Francisco ...
Henry Wells (1805-78) and William Fargo (1818-81) first worked together when they broke the Post Office monopoly on mail service along the Erie Canal in the 1840s. In 1852 they incorporated Wells, Fargo & Company and went into the express business in California, carrying gold, letters, packages, and freight between the mining regions and the ...
In 1826 an undersized sixteen-year-old apprentice ran away from a saddle maker in Franklin, Missouri, to join one of the first wagon trains crossing the prairie on the Santa Fe Trail. Kit Carson (1809-68) wanted to be a mountain man, and he spent his next sixteen years learning the paths of the West, the ways of its Native inhabitants, and the ...
Horses came to America from Spain, England, the Low Countries, and Arabia. Here they interbred and flourished as never before. "Out of the melting pot have come four entirely new breeds that rank among the finest horses of the world. Three of them originated through the painstaking and intelligent efforts of American horsemen, one through a freak ...
Horses came to America from Spain, England, the Low Countries, and Arabia. Here, they interbred and flourished as never before. "Out of the melting pot have come four entirely new breeds that rank among the finest horses of the world. Three of them originated through the painstaking and intelligent efforts of American horsemen, one through a freak ...
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