Little Britches Reading Time Book

Author : Ralph Moody
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1991-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0803281781

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Little Britches by Ralph Moody Pdf

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.

Author : Sandra Edwards
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781466905429

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Little Britches Reading Time Book by Sandra Edwards Pdf

Georgie has a favorite pie he could eat all day..Everyday! Now his morning is turned upside down when he learns he's picked berries for his sister's pie! A whole pie - just for her! But--- could it be this yummy desert is really for someone else? Can Mom help him feel better before their visitors arrive? Georgie has a long day to remember when he lets jealousy make him feel so sad and lonely. He's sure to snuggle his way into your heart as he struggles with this BIG problem, in the story-- The Special Pie. Matthew loves to be home. He likes spending time with his Mom and playing with his pet frog .Now everything is about to change. Today he goes to preschool. But--- his Mom will miss him! He doesn't know anyone at school! He feels weird and a little scared. His new backpack is filled with crayons, pencils and paper for school. Wearing new clothes and shoes, Matthew sets off on an exciting adventure, after a great big hug from his Mom! Will this be a fun day or will he NEVER want to go back? Enoy-- A Great Big Hug Too!

Author : Robert Ward
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-08-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781440533853

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Cattle Annie and Little Britches by Robert Ward Pdf

Based on the lives of two adolescent girls in the late 19th century who became infatuated with the Western outlaw heroes they had read about in Ned Buntline's stories and left their homes to join them. The outlaws the girls find are the demoralised remnants of the Doolin-Dalton gang, led by the aging Bill Doolin. Annie shames, and inspires the men, to become what she had imagined them to be. The younger sister Jenny finds a father figure in Doolin, who calls her Little Britches. Doolin's efforts to live up to the girls' vision of him lead him to be carted off in a cage to an Oklahoma jail where he waits to be hanged.

Author : Eric A. Kimmel
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 0761454322

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Little Britches and the Rattlers by Eric A. Kimmel Pdf

A clever little girl outwits seven rattlesnakes

Author : Ralph Moody
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0803281943

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The Fields of Home by Ralph Moody Pdf

The fatherless Moody family moved from Colorado to Medford, Massachusetts, in 1912, when Ralph was entering his teens. "I tried as hard as I could to be a city boy, but I didn't have very good luck," he says at the beginning of The Fields of Home. "Just little things that would have been all right in Colorado were always getting me in trouble." So he is sent to his grandfather's farm in Maine, where he finds a new set of adventures.

Author : Ralph Moody
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0803282184

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Shaking the Nickel Bush by Ralph Moody Pdf

Begun in Little Britches and Man of the Family, this is the continuing saga of Ralph Moody. In 1918, young Moody and his buddy Lonnie travel through the Southwest in an old Ford named Shiftless, camp in an Arizona canyon and "shake the nickel bush" by sculpting busts of lawyers and bankers.

Author : Ralph Moody
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0803282117

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Mary Emma & Company by Ralph Moody Pdf

The protagonist, Mary Emma Moody, widowed mother of six, has taken her family east in 1912 to begin a new life. Her son, Ralph, then thirteen, recalls how the Moodys survive that first bleak winter in a Massachusetts town. Money and prospects are lacking, but not so faith and resourcefulness. "Mother" in Little Britches and Man of the Family, Mary Emma emerges fully as a character in this book, and Ralph, no longer called "Little Britches," comes into his own. The family?s run-ins with authority and with broken furnaces in winter are evocative of a full and warm family life. Mary Emma & Company continues the Moody saga that started in Colorado with Little Britches and runs through Man of the Family and The Home Ranch. All these titles have been reprinted as Bison Books, as has The Fields of Home, in which Ralph leaves the Massachusetts town for his grandfather's farm in Maine.

Author : Sonya Shafer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2015-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1616342749

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Using Language Well, Book 1, Student Book by Sonya Shafer Pdf

Author : Ralph Moody
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 1993-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0803281951

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Man of the Family by Ralph Moody Pdf

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.

Author : Ralph Moody
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0803282168

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The Dry Divide by Ralph Moody Pdf

Ralph Moody, just turned twenty, had only a dime in his pocket when he was put off a freight in western Nebraska. It was the Fourth of July in 1919. Three months later he owned eight teams of horses and rigs to go with them. Everyone who worked with him shared in the prosperity?the widow whose wheat crop was saved and the group of misfits who formed a first-rate harvesting crew. But sometimes fickle Mother Nature and frail human nature made sure that nothing was easy. The tension between opposing forces never lets up in this book. Without preaching, The Dry Divide warmly illustrates the old-time virtues of hard work ingenuity, and respect for others. The Ralph Moody who was a youngster in Little Britches and who grew up without a father and with early responsibilities in Man of the Family, The Fields of Home, The Home Ranch, Mary Emma & Company, and Shaking the Nickel Bush (all Bison Books) has become a man to reckon with in The Dry Divide.

Author : Ralph Moody
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 0803282109

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The Home Ranch by Ralph Moody Pdf

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.

Author : Ralph Moody
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1998-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0803282451

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Stagecoach West by Ralph Moody Pdf

Stagecoach West is a comprehensive history of stagecoaching west of the Missouri. Starting with the evolution of overland passenger transportation, Moody moves on to paint a lively and informative picture of western stagecoaching, from its early short runs through its rise with the gold rush, its zenith of 1858–68, and beyond. Its story is one of grand rivalries, political chicanery, and gaudy publicity stunts, traders, fortune hunters, outlaws, courageous drivers, and indefatigable detectives. We meet colorful characters such as Charlie Parkhurst, a stagecoach driver who took an amazing secret to his death: “he” was actually a woman. Using contemporary accounts, illustrations, maps, and photographs to flesh out his narrative, Moody creates one of the most important accounts of transportation history to date.

Author : Ralph Moody
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2003-01-01
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0803282877

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Come on Seabiscuit! by Ralph Moody Pdf

During the Great Depression, Seabiscuit captured the hearts of Americans from the streets to the White House, winning more money than any horse at that time and shattering speed records across the country. Moving and inspirational, "Come on Seabiscuit!" is a reminder of the qualities that make a real American champion.

Author : Keagan LeJeune
Publisher : University of North Texas Press
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781574412888

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Always for the Underdog by Keagan LeJeune Pdf

Drawing from newspapers, court records, and a decade of interviews and observation, LeJeune offers a penetrating examination of the interplay between legend and place, exploring Smith's own life, this unique historical moment, and the place's mysterious landscape. The book also considers how contemporary festivals and other forms of cultural heritage employ the legend as a cultural recourse. To stay vibrant and meaningful, culture constantly re-makes itself; here, the outlaw occupies a vital role in the re-creation. --Book Jacket.

Author : Alice Munro
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2011-12-21
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307814562

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The Progress of Love by Alice Munro Pdf

Eleven stunning stories that explore the most intimate and transforming moments of existence, from Nobel Prize–winning author Alice Munro, “one of the foremost practitioners of the short story” (Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times). “Throughout this remarkable collection moments of insight flash from the pages like lightning, not necessarily providing answers—more like showing the way to new questions.”—The Philadelphia Inquirer A divorced woman returns to her childhood home where she confronts the memory of her parents’ confounding yet deep bond. The accidental near-drowning of a child exposes to the shaken mother the fragility between children and parents. A young man, remembering a terrifying childhood incident, wrestles with the responsibility he has always felt for his hapless younger brother. A man brings his lover on a visit to his ex-wife, only to feel unexpectedly closer to his estranged partner. In these and other stories, Alice Munro proves once again a sensitive and compassionate chronicler of our times. Drawing us into the most intimate corners of ordinary lives, she reveals much about ourselves, our choices, and our experiences of love.