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Ralph Owen Moody (December 16, 1898 – June 20, 1982) was an American writer who wrote 17 novels and autobiographies largely about the American West, though a few are set in New England. He was born in East Rochester, New Hampshire and moved to Littleton, Colorado in 1906 with his family when he was eight in the hopes that a dry climate would ...
24 de oct. de 2023 · Where the Moodys Lived and What They Saw. In his first novel, Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers, Ralph Moody recounts the dramatic story of his family's move from New Hampshire to Colorado. Hoping the dry climate would cure his tuberculosis, Ralph's father, Charles, and mother, Mary Emma "Mame", uprooted their family and settled on a ...
Fortified with Yankee ingenuity and western energy, the Moody family, transplanted from New England, builds a new ranch life. Father has died and Little Britches shoulders the responsibilities of a man at age eleven. Determined Grace and religious Mother cooks beans, bread and repair lace curtains while Ralph builds frames and delivers baking.
Author: Ralph Moody. $24.99. Category: Ages 9-12, Ages 13+, Little Britches. ISBN 9781948959902 263 pages 5.25 x 8 inch hardcover. Add to cart. Share Wishlist. This is a print-on-demand hardcover with no jacket. This is a different edition, different size, and different isbn than the 2017 edition, which was also included in the 2023 kickstarter ...
Moody detailed his experiences in Colorado in the first book of the Little Britches series, Father and I Were Ranchers. After his father died, eleven-year-old Moody assumed the duties of the "man of the house." He and his sister Grace combined ingenuity with hard work in a variety of odd jobs to help their mother provide for their large family.
1 de ene. de 1993 · Western writer Ralph Moody (1898?1982) grew up in Carson territory in southeastern Colorado. He is the author of seventeen books, including Come on Seabiscuit! and his series Little Britches, all available in Bison Books editions.
Ralph Moody ( New Hampshire, 16 de dezembro de 1898 - 28 de junho de 1982) foi um autor estadunidense que escreveu 17 novelas e autobiografias sobre o oeste americano. Quando tinha oito anos a família mudou-se para o Colorado na esperança de que um clima seco melhorasse a tuberculose do pai de Ralph, Charles, que morreria três anos depois.
