About this title: '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 ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bison Books
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780803282100ISBN:0803282109
Description: Very Good. Book will be packaged with care for a safe journey! *** 13 Years of online selling experience! ! **** Customer satisfaction guaranteed! read more
Description: Fair. Ex-Library book-will contain library markings. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Edition: Book Club Edition.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Norton, *** The image is of the actual book-NOT a publishers photo. *** 121008
Date Published: 1956
Description: Good in fair dust jacket. [ Good ++ copy * Fair DJ. Corners rubbed/scuffed, chips pieces missing. Book has been in storage. Mailing sticker inside front cover. Page edges with dust & spots. * good clean, tight pages. no ink markings. NO NAMES. 280 p. Includes Illustrations. This is an extension of Mr. Moody's recollections of his twelfth year, and serially it fits within the framework of MAN OF THE FAMILY--although there is no duplication whatever in the two stories. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Bison Books
Date Published: 1994
ISBN-13:9780803282100ISBN:0803282109
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Bison Books
Date Published: 1994-02-01
ISBN-13:9780803282100ISBN:0803282109
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780803282100. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Norton
Date Published: 1962
Description: Good. Ex-library copy in good condition with mylar protective covering. Normal reading wear. May have some worm edges or bumped edges. First cover page torn out. read more
Description: W. W. Norton & Company 1956 Book Club Edition Hardcover 280 pages. A very good copy with light evidence of moisture exposure on dust jacket. There are a few, tiny dust jacket fragments stuck on the actual book. Dust jacket front still has bright colors, high resolution and integrity. There is foxing on back dust jacket cover and light stains from moisture exposure inside back dust jacket flap. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Norton
Date Published: 1956
Description: Hardback. No statement of later printing on copyright page. Very good condition book in a Fair to good condition dustjacket. Dustjacket has some chipping along edges of spine. Tight, sound, unmarked copy. read more
Edition: Book Club Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Norton, NY
Date Published: 1956
Description: Illustrated by Edward Shenton. Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. Dust Jacket: Tiny chips at bottom of spine, two small closed tears; read more
Edition: HARDCOVER
Binding: 5th ptg
Publisher: Norton Co Pub, NY
Date Published: 1956, 1962
Description: Shenton, Edward ilust. VERY GOOD Condition. 5x8" GOOD+ DJ 277ps Western Reminiscences. "Fifth Large Printing".....Edgewear to colorful Dust Jacket.. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Date Published: 1956-01-01
Description: Good. Good hardcover in dj. Previous owner's name on end paper, pages and covers are otherwise clean, crisp and unmarked. Dj shows edgewear and minor soiling.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Free Delivery Confirmation! Ships same or next business day! read more
Edition: Not Stated
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W W Norton & Company, New York
Date Published: 1962
Description: Mawkie. Good. No Jacket. EX-LIBRARY. EXPECTED MARKINGS AND ATTACHMENTS. ILLUSTRATED DUST JACKET HAS SMALL TEARS TO THE EDGES. YELLOW ORIGINAL CLOTH COVER, CORNERS EXPOSED, EXPOSED EDGES WITH HEAVY SHELFWEAR. INTERIOR PAGES HAVE SMALL TEARS (ONLY TO MARGINS). read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: W W NORTON & CO @
Date Published: 1956
Description: Good. NOT INSCRIBED. Hardcover, no dust jacket. Binding good, pages clean. Ex-library copy with usual stamps and markings. Some light wear to board cover (rubbing). A good reading or shelf copy. White number written on spine of book. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Norton, New York
Date Published: 1956
Description: Illustrated by Shenton, Edward. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. Bookplate, ink name to endpaper, dustiness to top edge of pages. read more
Description: 1956, 1st edition, very good+ condition, minor wear to edges of binding, with a very good+ dust jacket, with a priced unclipped dust jacket flap, published by W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 280 pages. Further reminiscences and a lively picture of Colorado ranch life in 1911 as seen through a boy's eyes. With illustrations by Edward Shenton. read more
Edition: Book Club
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Norton, New York
Description: Very Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾ Scarce, would be near fine but prev owner names on title page in ink, illustrated endpapers, brown covers with pinholes at spine top and front cover at spine (4); illustrated dj had edge tears but still looks nice. read more
"It took me five months to get through this book. I have had multiple books going all year, and in trying to balance reading them all, and just flat-out not-having-much-time-for-reading, it took a long time to get through this one.
My mom read this series aloud to us, or so I'm told, when we were little, but I didn't remember any but the last two. I would have to say these rank right up there with "Carry On Mr. Bowditch" as far as really excellent biographies go. These are actually the author's own story (so I guess that makes it an "autobiography," eh?), told in a series of eight books. In the first book he's a little boy, and by the end of the series he's twenty-something.
Disclaimer: My one issue with the books is the "bad language" found throughout the series. Now that I think about it, I don't think "The Home Ranch" had a problem with that, but I know the first one or two, and several of the later ones, do. Nothing a black Sharpie can't fix though. (:
If you're wondering what the series is about.... The first book brings the Moody family from the East to a ranch in Colorado, due to Mr. Moody's bad health (I think he had tuberculosis), the first book chronicles their efforts to make their ranch support them, and Ralph's antics in trying to be a real man and help earn the income.
As the series continues, the family becomes fatherless, moves to the nearest town in CO, and tries to make ends meet there. They run a washing business, baking business, etc., and Ralph starts really raking in the bucks (enough to buy a milk cow) by riding in matched races at the local rodeo (without mother's knowledge or permission). Then he takes a summer job at a cattle ranch, as told in the book I'm currently reviewing. (:
Eventually, the family is forced to move back East, but city life doesn't set too well with Ralph and he eventually goes to live with his uncles at their ranch, and then from there he becomes kind of a roaming cowpuncher.
Altogether, I liked the strong sense of family loyalty the Moody's share. Their resourcefulness, excellent work ethic, and the way the "children" did everything within their power to help support their family, is also refreshing. I like how Ralph, at the age of nine or ten, is working full-time and sending everything he earns home to his mother... and completely of his own accord.
So, if you're looking for an excellent autobiography, and enjoy true tales of life in the west (not exactly the "old west" but hardly modern, either), you will enjoy these books. The above disclaimer, however, still stands."
"This book is cool because you feel like your living on a Colorado Ranch for the summer right along with Ralph Moody! He even goes on a cattle drive, and runs into some adventure. Good Story."
"I just finished reading this book to the boys (8 and 6). As a read-aloud I really can't say enough about this series. First and foremost, these are true stories, a fact that really seems to resonate with my boys. Second, Ralph Moody lives according to a moral code that is impeccable. Moody or "Little Britches" treasures hard-work, honesty, integrity, and goodness. And finally, these stories are just plain fun to read. It is easy to become absorbed in the childhood of Little Britches. Indeed it is a way of life that has long since dissolved in this country, but the need to resurrect the work ethic and values that are evident on every page is sadly evident with one glance at today's headlines. The "Little Britches" series is exceptional, and I enjoy it because the stories are great fun, but I absolutely adore it because of the conversations that it has faccilitated in our house and the emotions we share. The Home Ranch ends with a scene that involves Little Briches and Hazel thanking each other for the summer they have had together. Little Britches explains, "That was the first time I ever wanted to kiss a girl, but I didn't. Hazel whirled away and raced for the house. With my high-heeled boots and chaps on, I couldn't run fast enough to catch her." Seeing the expression on Caden's face as I read that...priceless."
"I loved this book even more than the first one in the series, although it's definitely a 5 start too. Maybe I loved it so much because of my obsessive love of horses when I was growing up, I can relate to many of Ralph's feelings. Ralph is a little older (11 or 12 I think) in this book and takes a summer job earning a man's pay. It's the kind of book you want your kids to read because it's not just a fun, adventurous story, but the underlying moral, what makes a boy a man... a good man, is so well intertwined with Ralph's experiences that the emotional moments hit me by surprise.
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