For the real Western cowboy fan- young or old- this is a natural. I
liked it best of the lot - and I've liked them all, from Little
Britches on. Twelve and still "man of the family" Ralph talks his
mother into letting him take a summer job on a cattle ranch, and
this is the story of that summer. One gets every phase of the work
on the home ranch, where Little Britches earns the right to be
called Ralph, and treated like a responsible adult. Whether Mr.
Batchlett, his boss, or Mr. Bendt, left in charge when the men go
out on the roundup, is in charge, Little Britches is lucky in
having an understanding, competent control on the reins of his
impetuosity. But it is on his own that the boy gains understanding
of his own faults, that he wins the friendship of Hazel Bendt, who
is suspicious and resentful of a contemporary on the home ranch,
and that he comes to terms with the horses he drew for his string.
There's a bit of everything that goes on about the ranch - and the
telling has the same warm, humorous, imaginative quality that gave
the early books distinction. (Kirkus Reviews)
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 against seasoned cowboys on the range and
in the corral. He drives cattle through a dust storm, eats his
weight in flapjacks, and falls in love with a blue outlaw horse.
Following Little Britches and developing an episode noted near the
end of Man of the Family, The Home Ranch continues the adventures
of young Ralph Moody. Soon after returning from the ranch, he and
his mother and siblings will go east for a new start, described in
Mary Emma & Company and The Fields of Home. All these titles
have been reprinted as Bison Books. Purchase the audio edition.
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