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Title	:	Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches #1)
Author	:	Ralph Moody
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 260 pages
Published	:	1991 by University of Nebraska Bison (first published 1950)
Categories	:	Classics. Biography. Nonfiction. Childrens. History. Westerns. Autobiography. Memoir

Father and I Were Ranchers (Little Britches #1)

Ralph Moody

Paperback | Pages: 260 pages

Rating: 4.3 | 10866 Users | 1127 Reviews

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Ralph was eight years old in 1906 when his family moved from New Hampshire to a Colorado ranch. Through his eyes, the pleasures and perils of ranching in the early twentieth century are experienced... auctions and roundups, family picnics, irrigation wars, tornadoes and wind storms all give authentic color to Little Britches. So do wonderfully told adventures, which equip Ralph to take his father's place when it becomes necessary.

Newly republished in a hardcover edition with a 1950s cover, jacket and pictorial endpages. Interior illustrations by Edward Shenton.

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Original Title:	Father and I were Ranchers
ISBN:	0803281781 (ISBN13: 9780803281783)
Edition Language:	English
Series:	Little Britches #1
Setting:	Colorado(United States)

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I would put this book right up there with the Little House (Laura Ingalls Wilder) series. I will be reading this to Squirt. (It's hard to tell if a city kid who likes skateparks and swimming pools will get into a story about a boy on a ranch so long ago, but, on the other hand, what better way to show him what childhood used to be like?)

I finished Little Britches by Ralph Moody. I didn't want to read it because I thought it was a dumb title, and I don't like sad farming stories set in the Great Depression. I blame that on Steinbeck. I know it is so un public school taught of me, to not like Steinbeck but come on his stories are such downers. He is a good writer, but that doesn't mean I want to read his pathetic tales. The title makes more sense after reading the story, and it wasn't a downer story about the failings of

In some ways this is like the boys' version of Little House on the Prairie. But judging by its bestseller status, a lot of adults were reading it, too. Appeals to nostalgia, to a time when it seemed that life was simpler, people were closer to God and nature, neighbors knew each other. I'm so glad I didn't live back then.Father 'teaches' the downright naughty Ralph lessons in being a man. He's a slow learner, but, "I always loved him more after he scolded me than I did at any other time."

Own.What a fantastic book. Definitely one of the best reads our family has read together! Ralph's family moves out west to Colorado on the advice of Cousin Phil to help Father's health. The family works together to learn and grow at ranching - the great independent American Dream. Ralph learns lessons in character, honesty, and manhood from his father along the way. It took both of us to get through the final, heart-wrenching chapter. This book ought to be read aloud to edit for coarse language.

My favorite quotes from the book: "Always remember, Son, the best boss is the one who bosses the least. Whether it's cattle, or horses, or men; the least government is the best government (80)." "Son, there are times a man has to do things he doesn't like to, in order to protect his family (120)." "There are only two kinds of men in this world: Honest men and dishonest men. ...Any man who says the world owes him a living is dishonest. The same God that made you and me made this earth. And He

Set from 1906-1908 in Colorado, this follows Ralph for a couple of years. He's quite the young man with quite the father, but that's not what made the book for me. It was the wonderful look into the world of that time. Not much more than a century ago & there were only a few cars in the story. Most work was done by horses. No antibiotics, indoor plumbing, or so many of the things we take for granted today. It's a great look at a small farm, too.There's a great set of morals running through

I first read Little Britches as a preteen. Reading it again as an adult and a parent is a completely different experience. Its one of those memoirs that are treated as childrens literature because it happens to describe the authors life between the ages of eight and eleven, but Id classify it more as an adult book that happens to work as a read-aloud for the whole family. Moody describes his familys experience trying to earn a living on a ranch in Colorado in the early 1900s. They emigrated from