Shaking The Nickel Bush, Ralph Moody
Shaking The Nickel Bush, Ralph Moody
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Shaking The Nickel Bush

Author: Ralph Moody

Narrator: Cameron Beierle

Unabridged: 7 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 12/15/2001

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

Now 19-years old, skinny, and suffering from diabetes, Ralph Moody is ordered by his Boston doctor to seek a more healthful climate out West. Remembering his childhood ranching adventures, Ralph is delighted to strike out for new territory and prospects.

About Ralph Moody

Ralph Owen Moody (1898–1982)
was an American author who wrote 17 novels and autobiographies largely about
the American West, though a few are set in New England. He was born in East
Rochester, New Hampshire in 1898 but moved to Colorado with his family when he
was eight in the hopes that a dry climate would improve his father Charles's
tuberculosis. Moody detailed his experiences in Colorado in the first book of
the Little Britches series, Little Britches: Father and I Were Ranchers. After
his father died, eleven-year-old Moody assumed the duties of the “man of
the house”. He and his sister Grace combined ingenuity with hard work in a
variety of odd jobs to help their mother provide for their large family. The
Moody clan returned to the East Coast sometime after Charles's death. After a period as livestock business owner in rural Kansas, Moody married and moved to Kansas City. Ralph and Edna Moody had three children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Cindy

This one grows on you slowly.......more

Goodreads review by Sara

November 2016: Re-reading; man, this book is tough. October 2014: A genuine disappointment. Yes, Ralph is in a desperate situation. Yes, Ralph is a man. Yes, it is the Great Depression. Yes, there are whole number of reasons why this segment of Ralph's life is grueling - but - he is acting out of char......more

Goodreads review by Luisa

One word. Lonnie. Hand to forehead. Ugh. It was impressive to see how creative Ralph got in making money but thoroughly agonizing watching Lonnie manipulate it away from him. It hurt. 😞😂 Content Considerations: h*ll and d*mn are used. Ralph lies to his mom often, and tells half truths a lot. A guy spe......more