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PublisherUniversity of Nebraska Press

ISBN-100803282184

ISBN-139780803282186

eBay Product ID (ePID)741388

Product Key Features

Book TitleShaking the Nickel Bush

Number of Pages236 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicPersonal Memoirs, Adventurers & Explorers, General, Westerns

Publication Year1994

IllustratorYes

FeaturesReprint

GenreFiction, Biography & Autobiography

AuthorRalph Moody

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.5 in

Item Weight9.3 Oz

Item Length8 in

Item Width5.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN94-014503

Dewey Edition20

Reviews"Social historians of the future, seeking material on the life of American boys during the first few decades of the [twentieth] century will ignore the books of Ralph Moody at their peril. . . . [Moody] has a splendid talent for bringing the ashes of the past into life."- Chicago Sunday Tribune, "A sentimental reminiscence rich in good humor and courage, and in Americana. It is a story simply told of a young man''s unself-pitying and successful struggle against what seem the unsurmountable odds of dire poverty and desperate illness."-New York Herald Tribune Books, ""Social historians of the future, seeking material on the life of American boys during the first few decades of the [twentieth] century will ignore the books of Ralph Moody at their peril. . . . [Moody] has a splendid talent for bringing the ashes of the past into life.""-- Chicago Sunday Tribune ""A sentimental reminiscence rich in good humor and courage, and in Americana. It is a story simply told of a young man's unself-pitying and successful struggle against what seem the unsurmountable odds of dire poverty and desperate illness.""-- New York Herald Tribune Books, "A sentimental reminiscence rich in good humor and courage, and in Americana. It is a story simply told of a young man''s unself-pitying and successful struggle against what seem the unsurmountable odds of dire poverty and desperate illness."- New York Herald Tribune Books, "Social historians of the future, seeking material on the life of American boys during the first few decades of the [twentieth century will ignore the books of Ralph Moody at their peril. . . . [Moody has a splendid talent for bringing the ashes of the past into life."- Chicago Sunday Tribune, "Social historians of the future, seeking material on the life of American boys during the first few decades of the [twentieth] century will ignore the books of Ralph Moody at their peril. . . . [Moody] has a splendid talent for bringing the ashes of the past into life."-Chicago Sunday Tribune, "A sentimental reminiscence rich in good humor and courage, and in Americana. It is a story simply told of a young man's unself-pitying and successful struggle against what seem the unsurmountable odds of dire poverty and desperate illness."- New York Herald Tribune Books

Dewey Decimal818.54

Edition DescriptionReprint

SynopsisSkinny and suffering from diabetes, Ralph Moody is ordered by a Boston doctor to seek a more healthful climate. Going west again is a delightful prospect. His childhood adventures on a Colorado ranch were described inLittle BritchesandMan of the Family, also Bison Books. Now nineteen years old, he strikes out into new territory hustling odd jobs, facing the problem of getting fresh milk and leafy green vegetables. He scrapes around to survive, risking his neck as a stunt rider for a movie company. With an improvident buddy named Lonnie, he camps out in an Arizona canyon and "shakes the nickel bush" by sculpting plaster of paris busts of lawyers and bankers. This is 1918, and the young men travel through the Southwest not on horses but in a Ford aptly named Shiftless. New readers and old will enjoy this entry in the continuing saga of Ralph Moody., Skinny and suffering from diabetes, Ralph Moody is ordered by a Boston doctor to seek a more healthful climate. Going west again is a delightful prospect. His childhood adventures on a Colorado ranch were described in Little Britches and Man of the Family , also Bison Books. Now nineteen years old, he strikes out into new territory hustling odd jobs, facing the problem of getting fresh milk and leafy green vegetables. He scrapes around to survive, risking his neck as a stunt rider for a movie company. With an improvident buddy named Lonnie, he camps out in an Arizona canyon and "shakes the nickel bush" by sculpting plaster of paris busts of lawyers and bankers. This is 1918, and the young men travel through the Southwest not on horses but in a Ford aptly named Shiftless. New readers and old will enjoy this entry in the continuing saga of Ralph Moody.

LC Classification NumberPS3563.O5535S48 1994