The Fields of Home by Ralph Moody (English) Paperback Book

Description: The Fields of Home by Ralph Moody The fatherless Moody family moved from Colorado to Medford, Massachusetts, in 1912, when the author was entering his teens. I tried as hard as I could to be a city boy, but I didnt have very good luck, he says. So he is sent to his grandfathers farm in Maine, where he finds a new set of adventures. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description "One of the happiest pieces of Americana produced in our times ...rich in good talk, good food, good living, and best of all, good people. It is the kind of book you keep hoping will never end."--Chicago Tribune. "As bright and clean as clear water bubbling over rocks in a trout stream."--New York Times. "A lively story ...warm with humor; bright with incident and personality."--San Francisco Chronicle. 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 didnt 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 grandfathers farm in Maine, where he finds a new set of adventures. More Bison Books by Ralph Moody: The Dry Divide The Home Ranch Horse of a Different Color: Reminiscences of a Kansas Drover Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers Man of the Family Mary Emma & Company Shaking the Nickel Bush "Ralph Moodys books should be read aloud in every family circle in America"--Sterling North."[Moody] has a splendid talent for bringing the ashes of the past into life."--Chicago Sunday Tribune. Author Biography Western writer Ralph Moody (1898–1982) grew up in Carson territory in southeastern Colorado. He is the author of seventeen books, including Come on Seabiscuit! and his series Little Britches, all available in Bison Books editions. Review "Ralph Moodys books should be read aloud in every family circle in America"—Sterling North"[Moody] has a splendid talent for bringing the ashes of the past into life."—Chicago Sunday Tribune"One of the happiest pieces of Americana produced in our times . . . Rich in good talk, good food, good living, and best of all, good people. It is the kind of book you keep hoping will never end."—Chicago Tribune"As bright and clean as clear water bubbling over rocks in a trout stream."—New York Times"A lively story . . . warm with humor; bright with incident and personality."—San Francisco Chronicle Kirkus US Review The authors share of hardships - and heartthrobs - revealed in Little Britches and Man of the Family continue when the family, moved from Colorado to the East, send him to Maine to work on his grandfathers farm. Thomas Gould, stubborn, crabby, cussed ugly, maddens the boy with his constant scolding and criticisms but Uncle Levis well spaced visits persuade him to put up with the old man, to humor him and to make him happy by helping with the run down farm. Moving, scything, bees, screen doors, cows and calves, machinery - Grampas boy is always a "tarnal fool" in his handling of them. Millie, the housekeeper, runs away, as does Ralph, and Levi is hard put to get them both back. Rewards come however when a new barn is planned, potatoes, corn and strawberries are added, Yella Colt, the fractious old horse, is gentled and Grampa is proud of his grandsons ability and ingenuity in tackling the man-sized problems and challenges the old place presents. Quite a portrait of a progenitor and of a youth, confronted by antagonistic age, contriving a happy relationship in spite of all difficulties. The same appeal of the earlier books for a wide audience. (Kirkus Reviews) Review Text ""One of the happiest pieces of Americana produced in our times . . . Rich in good talk, good food, good living, and best of all, good people. It is the kind of book you keep hoping will never end.""-- Chicago Tribune ""As bright and clean as clear water bubbling over rocks in a trout stream.""-- New York Times ""A lively story . . . warm with humor; bright with incident and personality.""-- San Francisco Chronicle Review Quote "One of the happiest pieces of Americana produced in our times . . . Rich in good talk, good food, good living, and best of all, good people. It is the kind of book you keep hoping will never end."-Chicago Tribune Details ISBN0803281943 Author Ralph Moody Short Title FIELDS OF HOME Language English Illustrator Edward Shenton ISBN-10 0803281943 ISBN-13 9780803281943 Media Book Format Paperback Year 1993 Country of Publication United States Birth 1895 Death 1982 Pages 335 Imprint Bison Books Place of Publication Nebraska DOI 10.1604/9780803281943 UK Release Date 1993-01-01 AU Release Date 1993-01-01 NZ Release Date 1993-01-01 US Release Date 1993-01-01 Illustrations Illus Publisher University of Nebraska Press Publication Date 1993-01-01 DEWEY 813 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:9145703;

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