Without the flamboyance or the caricature of other "life with
Father" books this tells, simply, directly of the Moody family and
their life in Colorado. Father's health necessitated a move and all
seven of the Moodys moved to a godforsaken little ranch. There
Little Britches learned how to face a situation, through emphatic
lessons and Father's kindly but firm insistence on cause and
effect. This is the story of hard luck, stubborn pride, and
altruistic community endeavor, for Father is the one who evolves a
solution for the water problem, and of the implanting of an honest,
moral philosophy. It is the story too of Little Britches' first
earnings, of his interrupted schooling, of his Indian friend, Two
Dog, who added to the excitement of the new life, of the many
accidents culminating in nine broken toes, of his burning desire to
be accepted in a man's world. And how he went from cow poke to
bronc buster, cowboy on the Y B mountain spread, and rodeo rider,
until Father's death made him head of the family and his courageous
Mother's indispensable right-hand man. Real stuff here with none of
the artificiality of the more eccentric domestic chronicles.
(Kirkus Reviews)
Ralph 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 of ranching there early in the twentieth
century. Auctions and roundups, family picnics, irrigation wars,
tornadoes and wind storms give authentic color to Little Britches.
So do adventures, wonderfully told, that equip Ralph to take his
father's place when it becomes necessary. Little Britches was the
literary debut of Ralph Moody, who wrote about the adventures of
his family in eight glorious books, all available as Bison Books.
Purchase the audio edition.
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