Begun in Little Britches and Man of the Family, this is the continuing saga of Ralph Moody.
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New readers and old will enjoy this entry in the continuing saga of Ralph Moody.
This is 1918, and the young men travel through the Southwest not on horses but in a Ford aptly named Shiftless.
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.
He scrapes around to survive, risking his neck as a stunt rider for a movie company.
Now nineteen years old, he strikes out into new territory hustling odd jobs, facing the problem of getting fresh milk and leafy green vegetables.
His childhood adventures on a Colorado ranch were described in Little Britches and Man of the Family , also Bison Books.
Going west again is a delightful prospect.
Skinny and suffering from diabetes, Ralph Moody is ordered by a Boston doctor to seek a more healthful climate.
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.
Begun in Little Britches and Man of the Family, this is the continuing saga of Ralph Moody
