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The home ranch

Author: Ralph Moody
Publisher: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [1994]
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Little Britches becomes the "man" in his family after his father's early death, taking on the concomitant responsibilities as well as opportunities. During the summer of his twelfth year he works on a cattle ranch in the shadow of Pike's Peak, earning a dollar a day. Little Britches is tested against seasoned cowboys on the range and in the corral. He drives cattle through a dust storm, eats his weight in flapjacks,  Read more...
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Genre/Form: Western stories
Fiction
Named Person: Ralph Moody
Material Type: Fiction, Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Ralph Moody
ISBN: 0803282109 9780803282100 0803231792 9780803231795
OCLC Number: 29218790
Notes: "A Bison book."
Description: 277 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.
Responsibility: by Ralph Moody ; illustrated by Tran Mawicke.
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Little Britches becomes the "man" in his family after his father's early death, taking on the concomitant responsibilities as well as opportunities. During the summer of his twelfth year he works on a cattle ranch in the shadow of Pike's Peak, earning a dollar a day. Little Britches is tested against seasoned cowboys on the range and in the corral. He drives cattle through a dust storm, eats his weight in flapjacks, and falls in love with a blue outlaw horse.--From publisher description.

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