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Little Britches
Father and I Were Ranchers
Av Ralph Moody
Häftad, 1991
255 kr
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A most appealing book . . . Its genuineness and its simplicity will build up a large audience of enthusiastic readers.-San Francisco ChronicleRalph Moody was eight years old in 1906 when his family moved from New Hampshire to a Colorado ranch. Through his eyes we experience the pleasures and perils …
Fields of Home
Av Ralph Moody
Häftad, 1993
266 kr
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"A lively story . . . warm with humor; bright with incident and personality."-San Francisco ChronicleThe fatherless Moody family moved from Colorado to Medford, Massachusetts, in 1912, when Ralph was entering his teens. "I tried as hard as I could to be a city boy, but I didn't have very good …
Man of the Family
Av Ralph Moody
Häftad, 1993
194 kr
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Fortified with Yankee ingenuity and western can-do energy, the Moody family, transplanted from New England, builds a new life on a Colorado ranch early in the twentieth century. Father has died and Little Britches shoulders the responsibilities of a man at age eleven. Man of the Family continues …
Home Ranch
Av Ralph Moody
Häftad, 1994
200 kr
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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 …
Mary Emma & Company
Av Ralph Moody
Häftad, 1994
216 kr
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The protagonist, Mary Emma Moody, widowed mother of six, has taken her family east in 1912 to begin a new life. Her son, Ralph, then thirteen, recalls how the Moodys survive that first bleak winter in a Massachusetts town. Money and prospects are lacking, but not so faith and resourcefulness. …
Dry Divide
Av Ralph Moody
Häftad, 1994
216 kr
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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 him shared in the prosperity-the widow whose …
Horse of a Different Color
Reminiscences of a Kansas Drover
Av Ralph Moody
Häftad, 1994
216 kr
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"Ralph Moody's story is a perfect example of rural American enterprise in the early 1920s...this book is a glorious recollection of Pre-Dust Bowl, pre-Depression days and is highly recommended."―Library JournalHorse of a Different Color ends the "roving days" of young Ralph Moody. His saga began on …
Shaking the Nickel Bush
Av Ralph Moody
Häftad, 1994
216 kr
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Skinny and suffering from diabetes, Ralph Moody is ordered by a Boston doctor to seek a more healthful climate. Going west again is a delightful prospect. His childhood adventures on a Colorado ranch were described in Little Britches and Man of the Family, also Bison Books.Now nineteen years old, …
Stagecoach West
Av Ralph Moody
Häftad, 1998
268 kr
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Stagecoach West is a comprehensive history of stagecoaching west of the Missouri. Starting with the evolution of overland passenger transportation, Moody moves on to paint a lively and informative picture of western stagecoaching, from its early short runs through its rise with the gold rush, its …
Come on Seabiscuit!
Av Ralph Moody
Häftad, 2003
172 kr
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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 …
American Horses
Av Ralph Moody
Häftad, 2004
172 kr
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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 …
Wells Fargo
Av Ralph Moody
Häftad, 2005
167 kr
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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, …
Kit Carson and the Wild Frontier
Av Ralph Moody
Häftad, 2005
167 kr
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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 …
Riders of the Pony Express
Av Ralph Moody
Häftad, 2004
196 kr
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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 …
Come On Seabiscuit!
Av Ralph Moody
Ljudbok, 2007
190 kr
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Who would have believed that a knobby-kneed little colt named Seabiscuit would become one of the most celebrated racehorses of all time? Although Seabiscuit was the grandson of the legendary Man O'' War, he was neither handsome nor graceful. His head was too big, his legs were too short, and his …
Fields of Home, The
Av Ralph Moody
Ljudbok, 2001
364 kr
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Ralph trys hard as a city boy, without much luck so he is sent to his grandfathers farm.
Home Ranch, The
Av Ralph Moody
Ljudbok, 2001
372 kr
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Ralph takes on more responsibilities after his fathers death.
Mary Emma &Company
Av Ralph Moody
Ljudbok, 2001
364 kr
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At age thirteen Ralph "e;Little Britches"e; Moody moves with his mother, Mary Emma, and five siblings to Massachusetts.
Shaking the Nickel Bush
Av Ralph Moody
Ljudbok, 2001
372 kr
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Ralph is ordered by his doctor to seek a more healthful climate, West.
Dry Divide, The
Av Ralph Moody
Ljudbok, 2001
364 kr
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Ralph turns 20 with only one dime in his pocket, three months later he owns 8 teams of horses.
Horse of a Different Color
Av Ralph Moody
Ljudbok, 2002
364 kr
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Ralph faces bankruptcy or working off balances. He finds a way to turn tragedy into opportunity.
C'Mon Seabiscuit
Av Ralph Moody
Ljudbok, 2002
372 kr
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Seabiscuit captured American hearts from the soup kitchens to the White house. Seabiscuit is a real American champion.
Father & I Were Ranchers
Av Ralph Moody
Ljudbok, 2001
372 kr
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In 1906 8 Yr old Ralph Moody moves with his family to a ranch for his fathers health.
Man of the Family
Av Ralph Moody
Ljudbok, 2007
372 kr
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At age eleven, Ralph becomes man of the family and an entrepreneur. He continues his horse riding, cattle driving, and the Moodys start a cooking business.
Riders Of The Pony Express
Av Ralph Moody
Ljudbok, 2011
372 kr
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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 …
Riders of the Pony Express
Av Ralph Moody
Inbunden, 2004
323 kr
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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 …
