Little britches : father and I were ranchers /
by Ralph Moody ; illustrated by Edward Shenton.
- Cutchogue, NY : Buccaneer Books, [1976]
- 260 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
We move to Colorado -- Neighbors -- Fight, Molly! -- My character-house -- Big wind -- We become real ranchers -- I become a horseman -- I become a sort of cowboy -- Grace tries it, too -- My friend Two Dog -- Haying -- I go after Two Dog -- We go to an auction -- Irrigation fight -- I give Mr. Lake a ride -- Good month, with no school -- I meet the sheriff -- Father and I become partners -- Trapping pheasants -- Thanksgiving and Christmas -- I break nine toes -- Bad times were not so bad -- Tornado and cloudburst -- I become a cow poke -- Pretty strong current -- Training sky high -- Father and I learn to shoot -- Riding in the roundup -- We face it -- We move to Littleton -- So long, partner.
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.