Bibliograph

Man of the family, by Ralph Moody ; illustrated by Edward Shenton

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Label

Man of the family, by Ralph Moody ; illustrated by Edward Shenton

Language

eng

resource.biographical

collective biography

resource.governmentPublication

government publication of a state province territory dependency etc

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Man of the family

Oclc number

26851391

Responsibility statement

by Ralph Moody ; illustrated by Edward Shenton

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, MG, 5.2, 14, 51484.

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.--From publisher description

Table Of Contents

Mr. Nutting gives me some advice -- My first deal -- Plowing and planning -- We start a cookery route -- Helping a cattle drive -- Cookery and coal -- The sheriff lends a hand -- Picking cherries on stilts -- The Fourth of July -- The match race -- We really spill the beans -- Mothers little secret -- Riding for Mr. Batchlett -- Grace and I buy ducklegs -- Labor-Day roundup -- Kathleen Mavourneen -- Hal finds the answer -- The red spots come out -- Everyone is good to us -- Mother's inspiration -- inventing and blacksmithing -- Muriel and the goose -- The night before Christmas -- Skating and skimming -- Hi advises me to learn a trade -- Mrs. Callahan -- Mother's big secret -- The sheriff serves a soupeeny -- We start a new adventure

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