Little Britches continues the story of his hard working Colorado
childhood and recalls his 11 and 12 year old concentration on
filling his dead father's shoes. There were a multitude of ways in
which to help - riding herd on cattle drives through Littleton;
loaning his horse, Lady, for a cow; taking orders for his Mother's
New England cookery; picking fruit, riding in horse races (this was
kept from Mother), getting hay, coal and wood, laundering the
curtains from the Brown Palace Hotel, etc., etc. And always there
was the dream of becoming a ranchhand, which came true when he was
offered a summer job; there were measles for the whole family and
the goodness of their friends when troubles got too thick. The tale
ends when Mother, who is supposed to testify against an old
neighbor, believing him innocent, runs away with all six children
playing their part in her plot to evade detention. Resourcefulness,
pride and courage are the backbone of this family that would be
self-supporting, with no complaints when the know-how is hard come
by. The audience of Little Britches will welcome this continuation.
(Kirkus Reviews)
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 true pioneering adventures as
unforgettable as those in Little Britches and The Fields of Home,
also available as Bison Books. Purchase the audio edition.
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