Man of the Family

by Moody, Ralph

• ISBN13: 9780803281950
• ISBN10: 0803281951
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1993-01-01
• Publisher: Bison Books

Summary

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 Familycontinues true pioneering adventures as unforgettable as those inLittle BritchesandThe Fields of Home, also available as Bison Books.

Author Biography

Ralph Moody (1898–1982) is the author of Come on Seabicuit! as well as the Little Britches series about a boy's life on a Colorado ranch, all available in Bison Books editions.

Table of Contents

Mr. Nutting Gives Me Some Advice	11	(8)
My First Deal	19	(7)
Plowing and Planning	26	(6)
We Start a Cookery Route	32	(11)
Helping a Cattle Drive	43	(12)
Cookery and Coal	55	(7)
The Sheriff Lends a Hand	62	(7)
Picking Cherries on Stilts	69	(9)
The Fourth of July	78	(9)
The Match Race	87	(9)
We Really Spill the Beans	96	(7)
Mother's Little Secret	103	(11)
Riding for Mr. Batchlett	114	(11)
Grace and I Buy Ducklegs	125	(6)
Labor-Day Roundup	131	(9)
Kathleen Mavourneen	140	(8)
Hal Finds the Answer	148	(10)
The Red Spots Come Out	158	(9)
Everyone Is Good to Us	167	(7)
Mother's Inspiration	174	(12)
Inventing and Blacksmithing	186	(13)
Muriel and the Goose	199	(6)
The Night before Christmas	205	(9)
Skating and Skimming	214	(7)
Hi Advises Me to Learn a Trade	221	(10)
Mrs. Callahan	231	(12)
Mother's Big Secret	243	(7)
The Sheriff Serves a Soupeeny	250	(13)
We Start a New Adventure	263