Shaking the Nickel Bush - Softcover

Moody, Ralph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0803282184 ISBN 13: 9780803282186

Publisher: Bison Books, 1994

Synopsis

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. 

About this title

About the Author

Ralph Moody (1898–1982) is the author of Come on Seabicuit! as well as the Little Britches series about a boy's life on a Colorado ranch, all available in Bison Books editions.

From the Back Cover

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.

Reviews

Moody, author of Little Britches, here continues his life story in these three illustrated volumes. LJ's reviewer dubbed Horse "a glorious recollection of the pre-Dust Bowl, pre-Depression days" (LJ 9/1/68), while Nickel Bush was "highly recommended" (LJ 6/1/62). All offer views of an America long gone.
Copyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bison Books
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803282184
• ISBN 13: 9780803282186
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 236