Shaking the Nickel Bush

Moody, Ralph

ISBN 10: 0803282184 / ISBN 13: 9780803282186

Published by Bison Books (edition Reprint), 1994

About this Item

The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Seller Inventory # 0803282184-7-1

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Shaking the Nickel Bush
• Publisher: Bison Books (edition Reprint)
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803282184
• ISBN 13: 9780803282186
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: Reprint.
• Condition: Fair

About this title

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 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.