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The Fields of Home

by Ralph Moody, Edward Shenton (Illustrator), Tran Mawicke
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Overview

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 didn't 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 grandfather's farm in Maine, where he finds a new set of adventures.

The fatherless Moody family moves from Colorado to Massachusetts in 1912, when Ralph enters his teens. There, he discovers that "just little things that would have been all right in Colorado" now get him into trouble. He is sent to his grandfather's farm in Maine, where he finds adventures every bit as colorful as those described in Little Britches and Man of the Family. Illustrated.

Synopsis

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 didn't 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 grandfather's farm in Maine, where he finds a new set of adventures.

About the Author, Ralph Moody

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.

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Editorials

Chicago 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."β€”Chicago Tribune

New York Times

"As bright and clean as clear water bubbling over rocks in a trout stream."β€”New York Times

San Francisco Chronicle

"A lively story . . . warm with humor; bright with incident and personality."β€”San Francisco Chronicle

Book Details

Published
January 1, 1993
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Pages
335
Format
Paperback
ISBN
9780803281943

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