Shaking the Nickel Bush (Paperback)

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, he strikes out into new territory hustling odd jobs, facing the problem of getting fresh milk and leafy green vegetables. He scrapes around to survive, risking his neck as a stunt rider for a movie company. With an improvident buddy named Lonnie, he camps out in an Arizona canyon and "shakes the nickel bush" by sculpting plaster of paris busts of lawyers and bankers. This is 1918, and the young men travel through the Southwest not on horses but in a Ford aptly named Shiftless. New readers and old will enjoy this entry in the continuing saga of Ralph Moody. Purchase the audio edition.

General

Imprint:	Bison Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	August 1994
First published:	August 1994
Authors:	Ralph Moody
Dimensions:	203 x 133 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	234
ISBN-13:	978-0-8032-8218-6
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Essays, journals, letters & other prose works > General
LSN:	0-8032-8218-4
Barcode:	9780803282186

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